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Improve your skills with coarsefish
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Shock Leader
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 When
casting long distances with heavy weights, you would do well to
employ a shock leader to absorb the shock of the cast, which so
often ends up in a 'crack off'.
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Loop the end of your leader as shown above. (Amnesia is used
here) Do a loose double overhand knot.
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Slowly
pull the ends to bring the knot together
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Stop tightening once the knot reaches the figure of eight
stage as shown here.3
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Now thread your main line through the loops in the figure of
eight and pull flat
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Form a loop with the main line.
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Pass the main line through the
loop and round the shock leader 4 times.
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Pull all four ends together to create two knots
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Finally, wet the knots to prevent friction damage, and
pull together.
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