Kingfisher wrote on Mar 28^th, 2014 at 4:40am:

So when everything works to your satisfaction and you go beyond rated/rational limits - where does the wire or whatever break? At the knots or ... what?

gave the not so kinky wire a test run yesterday with the perfection loop. Keep in mind that I wasn't committed and only gave 2 quick attempts.

The instructions on the packaging for the perfection loop are lame and should be disregarded for the most part. Everyone knows you tie the loop around your thumb using a forefinger as a clamp. That being said what I disliked was the difficulty in adjusting the size of the loop. With mono or fluorocarbon it is a snap. While the knot stuck I ended up with a little bigger loop than I prefer........perhaps with a little practice and dedication.

I did not get around to using a clinch knot yet on the stuff......probably toward the end of the month.

:question for KF.
I was curious about why you choose to tie your leaders, rather than use a conventional leader sleeve/crimping tool?

Since you build them before your trips and need some extra tools/testing to make sure there good, I'm assuming there's a reason you tie rather than crimp?

Run from crimped leaders as fast as you can. Is there anything more inconsistent than a cheap crimped leader? Throw in a crummy snap and a new fish story is born........."oh you should of seen it, it was so big it broke the steel leader"

What ever you fish with the testing process is key. Do not assume new leaders are money, trust me on this.  Or take KF's advice and control the situation yourself. Not so hard and even more satisfaction when you land that mega pike.

For crying out loud ST.......you of all people, a can do kind of guy. If you want to use crimps have at it.