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hey mateI use a variety of leader and have a nice selection of brands and lbs.In the surf and rocks, I use Jinkai (green and red) pretty much exclusively, this is not flurocarbon.For all my small stuff and livebaiting I use flurocarbon - Sunline, Berkely Vanishbuy a proper wind on if you want to use that, definitely don't use flurocarbon...Flurocarbon was never designed to wind onto your reel.Another tip, fish next to a guy using high quality leader or flurocarbon and he will always outfish you, so in my opinion, flurocarbon is amazing

hey mateI use a variety of leader and have a nice selection of brands and lbs.In the surf and rocks, I use Jinkai (green and red) pretty much exclusively, this is not flurocarbon.For all my small stuff and livebaiting I use flurocarbon - Sunline, Berkely Vanishbuy a proper wind on if you want to use that, definitely don't use flurocarbon...Flurocarbon was never designed to wind onto your reel.Another tip, fish next to a guy using high quality leader or flurocarbon and he will always outfish you, so in my opinion, flurocarbon is amazing

A few rules of Surf and Rock fishing as this is pretty much all I do and what I can offer in my experiences.Snyder Glas 8144 ($219 from Ray Annes) is the best rod, can do anything, as well as Wilson 5120, "Mulloway", Gary Howard's and other second hand rods like Butterworths and old Snyders.I just snapped a almost brand new Daiwa Sensor Surf last week on a 2 foot doggie on a calm surf beach with no pressure through the rod, i kid you not. I only bought one to test out how "amazing" they are supposed to be. They do cast very well though, although I wouldn't be plonking fillets of salmon out on them, which is what you wanna do in the surf, so 8144 can lob at least a kilo of bait into a gutter no worries. Graphite rods need a lot of TLC and the tiniest knock can create a weak point that can lead to a snap on something decent imo.Do not use braid, as weed (usually encountered at some point) will create expensive disasters and fierce takes in the surf can be devastating if you have had a few and you haven't set your drag perfectly. Also, if you get something big that decides to take you through other peoples lines, well braid is impossible to untangle, usually chuck some weed in as well to make it more fun.Penn 950, 850, 760L are brilliant reels, again handle anything, and the prices are too good to be true thesedays for varying reasons which are a win for the consumer as they should be a lot more. The only negative with these reels can be the drag (upgrade, but not necessary), as I have fought and landed many stingers and kingfish on these reels standard, and these would be the toughest things on a drag in SA landbased apart from "weed monsters".

A few rules of Surf and Rock fishing as this is pretty much all I do and what I can offer in my experiences.Snyder Glas 8144 ($219 from Ray Annes) is the best rod, can do anything, as well as Wilson 5120, "Mulloway", Gary Howard's and other second hand rods like Butterworths and old Snyders.I just snapped a almost brand new Daiwa Sensor Surf last week on a 2 foot doggie on a calm surf beach with no pressure through the rod, i kid you not. I only bought one to test out how "amazing" they are supposed to be. They do cast very well though, although I wouldn't be plonking fillets of salmon out on them, which is what you wanna do in the surf, so 8144 can lob at least a kilo of bait into a gutter no worries. Graphite rods need a lot of TLC and the tiniest knock can create a weak point that can lead to a snap on something decent imo.Do not use braid, as weed (usually encountered at some point) will create expensive disasters and fierce takes in the surf can be devastating if you have had a few and you haven't set your drag perfectly. Also, if you get something big that decides to take you through other peoples lines, well braid is impossible to untangle, usually chuck some weed in as well to make it more fun.Penn 950, 850, 760L are brilliant reels, again handle anything, and the prices are too good to be true thesedays for varying reasons which are a win for the consumer as they should be a lot more. The only negative with these reels can be the drag (upgrade, but not necessary), as I have fought and landed many stingers and kingfish on these reels standard, and these would be the toughest things on a drag in SA landbased apart from "weed monsters".

Probably going against the trend here and have a sensor surf and find it horrible.Wilson live fibres have many different models and imo are way nicer to use.The ss cast great but to me very stiff , and not a nice rod to fish with, a guy on here had one up for sale and couldnt move it for ages.The alternatives Kelvin mentioned are very nice blanks.