mattinri
1st Mate
I've been using an improved clinch on the end of my 80lb wind-on leaders but wanted to try crimping instead. I went to a well-known high end tackleshop with my reel and asked him to show me how it is done. he used 2 crimps and chafe gear. The crimps are oblong shaped. The first time he crimped across the vertical length of the oblong crimp (rather then the flatter side of the crimp) and towards the opposing end of each crimp. After tugging on it the line pulled out of the crimp! Now I'm thinking maybe this isn't such a foolproof solution after all. The second time he crimped the flatter side and in the middle of each crimp and used the smaller 0.5-1.0 gauge on the crimping pliers and it held together (at least to pulling with my fingers). So my first question is whether to crimp or tie (I always have problems cinching down my knots with 80lb Flouro), and second whether there are any tricks to crimping.