carpmaestro Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 My mainline is Berkely Trilene Carp Line. Now for my leader and hooklink can I use my main line or both, or should I buy a hooklink or different materiel for leader like fluorocarbon or leadcore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 My mainline is Berkely Trilene Carp Line. Now for my leader and hooklink can I use my main line or both, or should I buy a hooklink or different materiel for leader like fluorocarbon or leadcore? Personally, I'd totally avoid leaders in fishing, with the exception of a shockleader for maximum distance casting, and especially avoid leadcore totally: https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=32598 https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=40970&highlight=leadcore https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=39794 As for hooklinks, what do you like and have faith and confidence in? Personally I like braid, coated and uncoated, and combi rigs with Amnesia works for me, and I have used Kryston since the year dot. It works, has never failed (although 1 combi rig did when I failed to test and check it was still good after a big fish ), and because of that I see no reason to change. Mono works, fluorocarbon hooklinks work, so get yourself happy and comfortable with one for you. https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=33587 Hope you find the links useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpmaestro Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Ok, now correct me if I'm wrong, but the hooklink would just be the hair correct? And why would leaders improve "castability? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb3100 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 My personal fav hooklink matieral is Kryston but as we all know its quite expencive so when I am feeling tight I buy Sufix £5 for 20m on ebay the stuff is great and performs just like Kryston I can't tell the difference most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpmaestro Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 One of my online tackle stores has 1 meter lengths of these hook lengths for 1.25$ which is pretty good for starting out. So you would recommend Kryston? They have Kryston: silkworm, coretex, mantis, quicksilver, merlin, supernova, jackal, snakeskin/bite. Korda: soft n trap, supernatural, mouth trap. Nash: triggerlink and missalink. I hope these names mean something to you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb3100 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 The mateiral you need to use depends on what your fishing on ie: silt, gravel, weed etc thats why its good to have a selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpmaestro Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Ok, what do you think would be the most versatile? Also what's the difference between uncoated and coated braid. Meaning what does coated mean? And hooklink is just material for the hair right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Ok, what do you think would be the most versatile?Also what's the difference between uncoated and coated braid. Meaning what does coated mean? And hooklink is just material for the hair right? Hooklink is from the mainline join all the way through to the hook. The hair is possibly a continuation of the hooklink material if the hook is tied onto that line with a "knotless knot". (https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=22185) Coated braid, it has an additional stiffening, protective coating or layer over (uncoated) braid, that can usually be stripped off. The inner core may be the same as other uncoated braids available. I'm not sure that versatile is quite the right word, but I understand what you mean. If you are convinced that matching the hooklink (trace in US methodology) to the bottom you are fishing over, then you may want want that matches perfectly. Braids can be "folded" up over themselves and the whole lot put into a PVA bag along with the hook and bait, whereas you couldn't do that with mono or fluorocarbon without crinkling. Of the Kryston products you have mentioned, I have used them all, coated and uncoated, and had no problems. I bought a spool of Merlin about 4 years ago, and for the cost of that spool, it is still going, and I do go through a fair number of hook links each year. I think that I also bought Mantis at the same time, and again, that spool is still going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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