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Jacob - As you can see from these answers there is no single "correct" answer to the question; each of these answers apparently works for each of the people suggesting them. A few basic things to consider and perhaps help you to decide for your situation are these: 1. Are you just fishing the Great Lakes and/or other bodies of water? Fishing in other smaller lakes you can usually get away with lighter leaders where King salmon aren't present. If fishing both possibly select according to where you fish the most often in terms of pound test. 2. Monofilament and fluorocarbon have different characteristics which can suggest your selection. Mono has some stretch to it while fluoro doesn't have much - if any. Where this becomes important is in potential snap- offs under tension. I use both for different reasons. In shallow water where running smaller dipseys with spoons I run a little lighter diameter fluoro and run the drag on my reels lighter. When fishing deeper with attractors (e.g. flashers spin doctors or dodgers) I go to heavier mono or fluoro because of increased tension on the line and rod, and the reel tension is set higher and using wire main line there is no give or stretch. I mostly use 40-50 lb test mono on my hand tied flies because this is where savage strikes from Kings can occur. Some folks use snubbers with their divers but if a mono leader is used it is unnecessary because the mono provides some stretch. Fluoro leaders not so much. Fishing down deep the "stealth" factor ascribed to fluoro is probably irrelevant too.. 3. If you are using high quality reels with smooth drags with a good strength range you can often get away with lighter fluoro or mono too. 4. all the above options already mentioned will work just select for your own preference and the fishing conditions.

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Water color from run off will not matter much at this time of the year. A lot of the kings are too far out by now.

Trying to plan a trip up inthe next day or so and just saw major flooding report on Albany news. Did that storm cause muddy creeks to dump in lake O etc? I'm a Sodus port fisherman, just wondered if the color etc changed because of storms Thanks

30lb flouro for Kings on wire divers 20lb flouro for browns/early kings on braid divers

I should be out Saturday morning I will pm you my #

20lb spoons, 30lb flashers

Ditto to what Finsntins said except I use 50lb mono leaders from diver to paddle.

Thank you, I will call them.

I called them today, waiting for a reply. Are they expensive?

Samsons in Red Creek did my stringers and transom. Did a nice job.

15lb fluoro for shallow browns 20lb fluoro for deep water browns and kings spoons 40 or 50lb fluoro for paddles

I run 20lb fluorocarbon leaders.

There is a 27 foot Pen Yan at my marina with a bad transom. The owner of the marina used to do stringers and transoms in the winter. I asked him what it would cost in today’s world to repair it and his answer shocked me. I hope your repair goes smoothly and isn’t crazy money.

Also looking to have a transom replaced in the next year or two, any other places out there besides BW Customs?

BW Customs in Sodus. He does excellent work therefore he is always busy. You will probably have to wait a while. I had a swim platform rebuilt and had to wait 6 months just to get it in.