bungee leader

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I’d like to tie in a piece of “shock gum” or bungee in between my line and leader, but the “stretchiness” of the bungee keeps it from taking a knot. Has anybody used this and have a method for attaching it?

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Lefty Kreh describes a shock gum knot in one of his books. Try googling that and see if you can find it. If you have no luck I can scan the page and e-mail you but I don’t want to duplicate copyright material here.

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here’s a video

http://www.stripers247.com/shock-leader-knot.php

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I tried using the shock gum material about 15 years ago, so my memory of it is a bit dim. I do remember I didn’t like it very much after fishing with it for a few times. I sort of remember maybe using a blood knot type deal. The shock gum side of the knot may have only been a single overhand knot.

This was about the same time I started fishing furled leaders, I found the inherent stretch of a furl leader provided the same tippet protection in a much more fishable format.

Wish my memory worked better regarding the actual knot.

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http://books.google.com/books?id=yvwQcdMOOL0C&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=craig+mathews+shock+gum+knott&source=bl&ots=XUC1uerylt&sig=mKZgabT5Pwq-pgN5hnlVKpVFLLY&hl=en&ei=Us2nTNbvD4f2swPl_YD1DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Scroll down a little its called the double jam knot… Craig Mathews was the guy that taught me about the use of shock gum
added to a leader… His method for tying it in has never failed me yet!

Be safe

Steve

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Thanks, Steve, I think that might work.

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I use these:

http://www.romanmoser.com/site/shop/product/CB_Shop_Product_Search.php

Craig Matthew’s Shop, Blue Ribbon Flies, has them…

PT/TB

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Thanks, PT, will look into those.