What to look for in quality leader material

[tak35bne]

Well I am about to venture out into the lure fishing world for Bream and Flathead in local estuaries. I have spooled the reel with 8lb braid and I need some advice on what is a high quality leader material and what breaking strain for both species.

Dave

[Juzza]

FC Rock is quite popular , I use 6lb & 8lb.

[BloodWorm]

+1 FC Rock

Targeting flathead I use 8lb
Bream usually 4lb

[stella fella]

Yup FC rock

[little_ash_25]

I use Vanish and FC rocks.. Both work fine for me

[Piscateur]

Social fishing for bream I generally start of with 6lb. Go up to 8 if they are not picky or down to 3 if they are finnikky.

[redfinfisho]

If it says Sunline FC Rock on the packet well you cant go wrong

[CLAY]

lol do we really need to keep posting lol, I use fc in 4lb for breaming and 6-8 for flatty and bigger

I think I am the only one here that uses Berkley Vanish (line) as leader - there has been a lot of talk usually bad for the stuff however has been going strong for me for the last 4 years or so.

Big W - $18 for about 300 meters of Vanish FC - I seriously cant complain. Still have 260 meters to go (approx) of each weight

If I had the coin to waste I would also fish FC Rock also.

[joelozzy]

I'm really happy with Nitlon DFC! 3-5 pound for Bream.

[Glenn S]

I used to use fc rock but got recommended to try Toray 'Upgrade" havent went back since. It holds strong even after its been taken into the snags buy a big bass and all chaffed up.

Glenn.

[tak35bne]

I get the hint.......just bought a spool of FC Rocks off eBay.....

[Luvias_R]

Sunline V Hard. Much more expensive initially but has actually saved me coin now for 2 reasons.

1. I've been able to pull lures (treble hooks straighten) out of snags on 4 and 5lb leaders where FC Rock would've snapped. I've saved at least 5 lures. 5 lures @ $20 = $100. 50m spool of V Hard =$30. Easy to do the maths

2. It lasts that much longer than anything else. So you're not having to discard damaged or frayed leaders as often.

Can't see myself using anything else from now on.

[TheLadFisherman]

FC rock is the best, my 2 pound has like a 6pound breaking strain (not really) but its like indestructible hahaa