The Whitlock connection described above is simply amazing and well worth a try IMO. I've gotten lazy though and switched to leader links from Eagle Claw though. The Whitlock connection is especially useful in the winter when ice in the guides is a problem or when you fish mossy/weedy waters because it is essentially seemless and doesn't seem to hang up in the muck or on in ice in the guides.

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Warren F.
Bozeman, MT