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Do you use a leader for salmon?

Asked: Renaldo Escobar, Last Updated:

One option for some salmon anglers is to try using wire leaders. Salmon are predatory fish, and as a result there are always teeth within their mouths that present some risk to a line, in that a really determined fish can chomp through the line if it thinks about it.

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