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Wasn't sure where to post this so thought i'd stick it in here.
It's a sort of trip report but with some experimenting.
wrasse session to a mark with very little angling pressure nowadays. should give it away to locals!!
Started with purple lures which do so well in Jersey but no taps after a dozen casts it was time for a change. Onto the brown and immediately I was getting taps. carl, you have to try them more over there and see if's it's a locality thing, I would be interested to know.
anyway, I didn't hook any and then managed to snag myself and bust the leader off.
Decided I couldn't be bothered to tie a new one so went direct braid to jighead.
6 casts and not a bump. Put the leader back on, same lure and fish takes casting to the same area.
So, in a very unscientific test, using a leader does appear to make a difference to wrasse fishing, not just for abrasion resistance but also for visibility it seems. I didn't expect that but as I continued using a leader I was getting a knock or 2 every retrieve (brown lures only) and zip with no leader. And purple is rubbish here!!
I was using my normal blue Yamatoyo SW PE #1.0 as mainline.
It's a sort of trip report but with some experimenting.
wrasse session to a mark with very little angling pressure nowadays. should give it away to locals!!
Started with purple lures which do so well in Jersey but no taps after a dozen casts it was time for a change. Onto the brown and immediately I was getting taps. carl, you have to try them more over there and see if's it's a locality thing, I would be interested to know.
anyway, I didn't hook any and then managed to snag myself and bust the leader off.
Decided I couldn't be bothered to tie a new one so went direct braid to jighead.
6 casts and not a bump. Put the leader back on, same lure and fish takes casting to the same area.

So, in a very unscientific test, using a leader does appear to make a difference to wrasse fishing, not just for abrasion resistance but also for visibility it seems. I didn't expect that but as I continued using a leader I was getting a knock or 2 every retrieve (brown lures only) and zip with no leader. And purple is rubbish here!!
I was using my normal blue Yamatoyo SW PE #1.0 as mainline.
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