i'm sorry, i have had a lot of guys tell me to lose my leader because you'll get more action from your sucker, i have lost 4 pike in a row, one was too big to get through the 6inch hole, (only hand auger they had) i wrestled him for 5 min. until he scissored my line, sure wish i had a steel leader on that one, yesterday after losing 3 fish in 2 hours, i headed to the store for leaders, try it again this morning...