I'm confused...soft or hard policies, I don't think any criminal, by the virtue of being a criminal, fears the law enough to change their behavior...
Still had plenty of criminals during the '3 strikes' and 'war on drugs' eras...
Yea, its the # test.
I fish 18# with a 15# leader, primarily on Erie but get in a few LO trips a year. It serves me well and I can only think of 2 breakoffs in the last decade. And those break offs were my fault.