I bought my first fluorocarbon leader not too long ago. Water levels around here are dropping, creeks are getting more shallow, fish are more easily spooked, and I figured that making my leader less visible would be a good thing.
The only problem is that the "memory" of this leader is very strong. Even after a fair amount of working the leader with rubbing and pulling to straighten it out, it still keeps its coiled shape.
Fishing with it is like fishing with a Slinky on the end of my fly line.
Mine is a Redington Lucent Fluorocarbon leader (9 foot 5x).
Is this "memory" a characteristic of all fluorocarbon leaders? Are other brands better in this respect?
If not, I'm going back to my tried and true regular leaders.