Puckster wrote on Mar 5^th, 2014 at 8:07pm:

b. the mono leader makes the above question moot. But in the QP I tie my crankbait directly to the braided line, foregoing swivels or leaders for better action.  How many others tie jigs, lures, etc., directly to their braided line?

I've gotten to the point where I am almost always using a metal leader, unless I'm fishing jigs / jig spinners which are cheap to lose. In that case then I am using a BB snap swivel. I don't believe that the leaders or swivels have ever impacted my fishing success.

I like to change colors / lures frequently, so they make life easier. Plus it's easy to remove and then add a lure before / after portages. And I've caught Pike on every presentation I've ever used in the Q, so the leaders have saved me some lures too.

Ranger