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Old 05-20-2020, 07:04 AM
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Default Saltwater VS freshwater leaders

Hi all,

I wanted to rig up an old 8 wgt fly rod that I have to give pike fishing a try sometime this spring, and I bought a saltwater Rio Toothy Critter leader instead of a freshwater one by mistake. Is there any difference between a saltwater leader and a freshwater leader? I was looking for a 20 lb test and picked the wrong package by mistake.
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Old 05-20-2020, 08:06 AM
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The leader you bought is exactly what you want for pike fishing. Hard abrasion resistant mono designed to turn over large flies,,, Enjoy,,, pike are a blast on the fly rod!!!
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Old 05-20-2020, 09:49 PM
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Pike aren't all that fussy most of the time, if it looks like something they want, they hit it. Consider that people use wire leaders on them and catch plenty of them, those fish are not blind, just hungry, or not hungry, although they can also be irritated into a strike. Tried all sorts of stuff on them on one trip where we could sight fish them in 5-10ft of good clear water. Ones laying flat, had to get it close, like 6", or even drag it across their nose. If they were angled head up, all they needed was to see it, they'd hit it at 6ft away. These were all fish down on the bottom. There were about 8 of us in 4 boats(?) lined up taking turns to cast to a fish, all kinds of leaders and flies. It was interesting, most were 28-32", could see anywhere from 5 to 25 fish at a time on the bottom in various spots.
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