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Bob Watson

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I'm loading my marker rod with the 20lb wychwood marker braid, should I bother with a few tuns of 50lb shock braid?
 
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EC

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What leads Bob?

For 2oz leads or a little bigger I wouldnt bother mate!
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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Good marker braid that. I have a shock leader on mine.
 
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Bob Watson

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What leads Bob?

It'll depend on the water Eddie, I think I'll put it on, I'm covered then!
 
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EC

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When fishing off the beach round here I generally use 40-50lb leader, normally using 4oz-5oz leads. We generally use approx 10lb of leader for every 1oz of lead, so if your leads are going to be well above 2oz then shocky it is mate!
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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You'll want a reasonably heavy lead anyhow, wouldn't use two ounces, 4 would be my choice, you want to 'feel' the bottom and you also want plenty of lead for the float to work efficiently too.
 
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Cakey

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Bob two spools ,one with, one without then decide on the day distance or not etc
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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Thats if you can afford two spools????
 
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Big Rik

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one venue I fish, which is very weedy, I use two marker rods, so would you then need 4 spools?

When me and Stu fish together, we use two marker rods for both depth and width of features.
 
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Bob Watson

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done it now, a rod length and a few turns on the reel of wychwood 50lb shock braid, I'll have a mess about with weight of leads.

Would pulling the braid off the clutch when letting the float up cause too much line twist?
 
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Warren 'Hatrick' (Wol) Gaunt

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"we use two marker rods for both depth and width of features."

Some of us have the ability to do that single handed, poofs like doing things together i guess!
 
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Big Rik

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I did say that a venue I fish I use two markers, so yes I do use two markers single handedly..... you jockey of the knob
 
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Bob Watson

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Would pulling the braid off the clutch when letting the float up cause too much line twist?

Sorry to interrupt you pair of tarts!!
 
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Ian Whittaker

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Negligible Bob, unless you were fishing really deep water and recasting repeatedly for a long time.
 
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Bob Watson

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I tend to disagree Cakey, I would think that a line pulled off the spool from under the bail arm, off the clutch, ie; as a baitrunner,(why the spin doctor was introduced) would cause more twist than from an open bail, for every pull/revolution of line from the spool there is a twist/revolution put in the line. As for winding back on, I would think that end tackle, swivels etc would keep twist to a minimum. However, I am up for debate!

It's the continual casting and pulling from the clutch whilst mapping a water I was thinking about.
 
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