Leaderboard

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They still do it like that as far as I'm aware Nick so it stands to reason a barbless hook would be stronger in that area. That said, when a fish is hooked correctly the load is applied around the bend of the hook rather than the hook point, so it shouldn't make a difference. I suspect for the hookpoint to snap off the fish would have to be hooked very poorly i.e. just nicked on the point.

No but abit off subject ... have you ever used a pop up as a marker/peace of mind that the bag has melted ... sometimes when im fishing within catupult range or when the water is abit low temp i will stick a bright pop up in the bag. When it pops up on the surface i no the bag has done its job ... thats the thing with a catty it has no line clip ... yes you can tell what line your bait has landed using a far bank marker like a tree etc etc but how far out you cast can sometimes be a pain if you take your eyes off the water for a minit or two sorting out stuff and then you go to put some freebies in then thinking im sure it was another 10 yards haha even more so when you have alot of water in front of you ... now i cast ... let the line settle ... then grab my catapult and wait as soon as that pop up hits the surface i fire away.

Surely a leader can be as short as a piece of leadcore? I'm thinking of using some instead of tubing, just a meter or so. With a semi fixed running lead I really cannot see any problems. Taking it to the worst scenario the fish has a meter of line, and hooklink attached. Fishing barbless as I do mostly it won't be around for long. Explain the harm or difference, the line with any rig could break in any place?