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Originally Posted by master_cat
do u need a leader with the 2pound test line and how car can u cast with a 8ft rod
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If you fish for trout a 2# test fluorocarbon leader will hook you up with a lot more fish. As for casting difference between rods...it is pretty much as Sambolie said. I have UL rods from Japan some rated to throw a lure as small as 1/100 of an ounce. If you held one of those rods in your hand it feels as stiff as a broom handle....goes against conventional wisdom for casting small lures....but they cast better than more limber rods. One thing that can really help casting distance is a good quality line. SOS 2# test is a great line and I use it regularly. But I dabble with all brands of line and have pretty much tried all 2# test lines one can buy in the USA and many from Europe and now Japan. Conventional wisdom tells you the smaller the diameter of the line the farther it will cast. That doesn't hold true either. Many lines are small in diameter yet they are too stiff. Plus the cost of many of those so called premium lines are very high. I am currently using an 3# test line out of Japan that is IGFA rated to break at or below 3 pounds and it is the best line I have ever used for casting distance....but at eleven dollars a spool I can tell you I won't be using much of that. They make it in a 2# test and I can only imagine the casting distance with it. So for many it all comes down to trade offs. Cost...casting distance....line softness...knot strength. I can tell you from experience that when you get to using very small diameter lines in 2# test you better be retying often. The smaller the diameter the line the more it can cut into itself at the knot when you are fighting a fish. SOS 2# test line is the best all around line for the cost I have used. But if you want to try a smaller diameter line that won't break the bank give P-Line CX Premium a try. It casts great and I used that line for a year but I eventually went back to SOS line.
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