Surflon 1×7 is a great all-around leader wire for toothy fish. This wire is our Surfstrand 1×7 stainless steel with a smooth coating of nylon. A specially selected grade of nylon, tough yet flexible, is used to seal out water, reduce visibility, and improve the life of the line. Compared to old style 1×3 construction, Surflon’s 1×7 construction offers higher break strength and more realistic action. Surflon 1×7 is an effective leader wire for hard-charging, toothy fish such as Bluefish, Muskie and Mackerel.
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Twist then melt coating – crimp sleeves not needed I could not find any where that states you can melt this leader wire coating after twisting like you can with twist weld, this wire works very well when twisting and then melting the coating to keep it from unwinding.I have just started using this wire. Previously I had used twist weld. The coating on the Surflon is superior, it is a bit thicker but more importantly, it reacts better when heated, it does not over cook easily and get hard like twist weld does and it smells much…
Certain times of the year we have bluefish and small sharks that will easily bite through a mono or flourocarbon leader so I … I use this wire to make double drop rigs for surf fishing. Certain times of the year we have bluefish and small sharks that will easily bite through a mono or flourocarbon leader so I make fish these to be safe.I started out using 30 lb but had several bite throughs by sharks so I switched to 60lb brown camo. I also use the red. I”ve caught redfish, black drum, whiting, bluefish, sharks, rays, etc. on these – even though some of those fish are leader shy. I believe that my…
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