I am tring to piece together a saltwater leader (s) The last 4-5 feet will be 10#. I want to start with 40#, then 30#, then 20# and finally 10#. Sound right?

Can some of you salts lend your expertise her please?

1) How long is each section?

2) What knots are you using to join the sections-assume that I will use regular mono.

3) If I were to go to Fluoro, what knots will hold well in that leader material?.. I read that a three twist, 4 turn surgeon's loop is not recommended for fluoro. Wondering why it won't hold.

4) Any tricks to straighteneing out the heavier pound test mono so that it will lay out nicely?

Thanks for any tips.

Rich