flattie and bream

[ginga ninja]

hey guys. today i was having a flick arond for bream when i lost a nice flattie on a 6lb leader. i was wondering waht lb leader you use if there is a chance of flathead and bream where you are fishing.
cheers

[Bomber05]

I would prob stick with 6lb. Carnt win em all

[forsterfisho]

6lb....if bream are more of a chance/desired species than flathead.

If i'm chasing flathead, 10lb braid and 12lb leader for me

[TheChief]

4 and 6lb

[twelsh1]

stick with the 6lb lighter is the way to go

[bargeass]

I chase all my flatties on 6lb you just gotto play it smart

[Chamelion]

4lb main, 6lb leader...

[mostlyfine]

2lb main 3lb lead

[brg]

i use 8pound rock still catch the bream and the good stuff is thin.

[DaiwaFreak]

I run 0.8PE or PE1.0 with 6lb, 7lb, 8lb or even 10lb leader. I really don't know why so many people go so light. Using stuff like 2 or 3lb is just ridiculous.
Reading this article made me realise this:http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/mythbuster , and is it me or have I seen the bloke in that article somewhere around this site. If its fluoro, fish pretty much can't see it anyway, as long as you have a generous length of fluoro. I remember fishing about 1-2m of clear water with 16lb fluoro with a grass minnow on the end, I could see bream attacking it as soon as it came off the bottom, and they kept on attacking it since I didn't hook them up.

[Born to FISH!!!]

4lb main, 6lb leader...

exactly wat i use!

cheers, BTF

[Bream lust]

well.. i use everything said here :p

[welshy22]

Stay with the 6lb, if you went to 8lb fluro there is still a chance of nailing bream :D

[madkeen87]

try an 8lb mate if it makes you feel more confident. if you find the strike rate significantly goes down. switch back to the 6lb. simple! but mate, water clarity and conditions pending, i can't see a huge difference switching between 6 and 8. alot of guys bump leaders up to 8 if fishing around snags or racks etc.

[bezzy25]

I run 0.8PE or PE1.0 with 6lb, 7lb, 8lb or even 10lb leader. I really don't know why so many people go so light. Using stuff like 2 or 3lb is just ridiculous.
Reading this article made me realise this:http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/mythbuster , and is it me or have I seen the bloke in that article somewhere around this site. If its fluoro, fish pretty much can't see it anyway, as long as you have a generous length of fluoro. I remember fishing about 1-2m of clear water with 16lb fluoro with a grass minnow on the end, I could see bream attacking it as soon as it came off the bottom, and they kept on attacking it since I didn't hook them up.

I fish 6lb or 8lb fluro, but i have succeeded on 10lb and 12lb with bream and those articals are spot on, if you catch fish, you catch fish leader size doesnt matter, and if your strike rates do go down, so what, doesnt hurt to quickly switch back?

[MODIFIED]

i use 6lb on flats and 8lb in snags.

ive used 4lb and got a lot of hook up and lost a lot of lures:mad:

[BloodWorm]

Deinately 6lb, the trick I find is if you can get the flathead to hook themseleves in the lip you are a chance. If they don't play the game and want to take the lure right down and rub the leader across their teeth, you are cactus.

[ginga ninja]

i think i solved my problem. i must have got a dodgy batch of leader (i had it break on a flattie bairly 40cm :eek:) needless to say i got some better stuff :cool: