It's nice that we've moved on from things like single strand Alasticum and stuff that looked like bike brake cable. From my experience the three pass method is best for low dia. steel wires and titanium, but doesn't seem to make much difference once you get to 40-50lb steel. The stiffness of single strand titanium is excellent for large glide baits and spinners whatever their size. The one time I still use light steel traces is in very snaggy areas just to keep the costs down from the losses. I'd be interested in your views about heavy mono as traces. I've used it for large baits and not had any problems.
If you consider using single core stainless steel wire 0.2-0.5mm, which is dirt cheap, and screw it together using very simple tools instead of crimping, remove the swiwel, then the price of single leader/trace will be pennies. And you can replace them whenever needed, not to mention that it can easily be straightened using fingers in a few seconds. Most of the people in western europe use this approach with great success.
Imo wire traces for bait traces and uptraces should always be used when toothy predators are present - pike have been known to bite through fluoro so why risk it? The general rule for lure fishing is to use wire with any lure that has trebles - pike also love chatterbaits so when using chatterbaits whilst perch fishing, it's also advised to use wire and in doing so, it won't put perch off, It's worth pointing out that any pike that you catch when perch fishing will mostly be hooked in the corner of the mouth so there's no need to go overboard with heavy wire. There's some nice subtle wires on the market between 8-20lb that are ideal for perch fishing that will serve you well!
What an excellent video ! Superb
Super kind of you to say, thank you.🙏
Very Good thanks. I usually put shrink tube over the lot. It comes in different colours.
Yep, shrink tube is a great tip, thank you.
Brilliant JP thanks. 👍
Sorry to interrupt John! I followed your advice and the traces work well on my canal.
It's nice that we've moved on from things like single strand Alasticum and stuff that looked like bike brake cable. From my experience the three pass method is best for low dia. steel wires and titanium, but doesn't seem to make much difference once you get to 40-50lb steel. The stiffness of single strand titanium is excellent for large glide baits and spinners whatever their size. The one time I still use light steel traces is in very snaggy areas just to keep the costs down from the losses. I'd be interested in your views about heavy mono as traces. I've used it for large baits and not had any problems.
If you consider using single core stainless steel wire 0.2-0.5mm, which is dirt cheap, and screw it together using very simple tools instead of crimping, remove the swiwel, then the price of single leader/trace will be pennies. And you can replace them whenever needed, not to mention that it can easily be straightened using fingers in a few seconds. Most of the people in western europe use this approach with great success.
Imo wire traces for bait traces and uptraces should always be used when toothy predators are present - pike have been known to bite through fluoro so why risk it? The general rule for lure fishing is to use wire with any lure that has trebles - pike also love chatterbaits so when using chatterbaits whilst perch fishing, it's also advised to use wire and in doing so, it won't put perch off,
It's worth pointing out that any pike that you catch when perch fishing will mostly be hooked in the corner of the mouth so there's no need to go overboard with heavy wire. There's some nice subtle wires on the market between 8-20lb that are ideal for perch fishing that will serve you well!
Yep, agree with all that - with the possible exception of still being open to using super heavy fluoro as more data comes in...
Paul
@@FishingDiscoveries Anglers have been bitten off using 100lb flouro. Why risk it when wire is belt and braces?