use a shockleader
Whatever you do when aiming to fish at long range, do not use your normal mainline straight through to your rig – it’s a recipe for disaster!
Use a line that’s too light and you’ll crack off on the cast. Use one that’s too heavy and you’ll rob yourself of the ability to cast further.
It’s vital you use a shockleader, which is basically a short length of heavier line you tie on to the end of your mainline and use to cast off.
the benefit of this is that it enables you to use a lighter, lower-diameter mainline which helps you gain distance.
My set-up for fishing up to 100m at places like Boddington reservoir is a shockleader of 10lb Guru Shield or 12lb Daiwa tournament St to 4lb or 5lb Guru Pulse mainline.
It means that I have the heavy leader to cast off but once the leader passes through the rod rings I have the benefit of a light, low-diameter mainline to give me the distance.
While I measure my leaders in arms lengths as a guide, I like to have around six turns of the leader on the reel when the feeder is in the casting position.
there are lots of different ways to attach a shockleader and I’m not claiming this one is the best, but the way I do it is quick, easy, and it works!
I tie an overhand loop of around 1ins-1.5ins in the reel line and attach the leader with a simple half bloodknot, making sure the knot is pulled as tight as possible.
I then trim the knots tight to avoid tags catching in the rings.
“I like to have six turns of the leader on the reel when the feeder is in position”