Jerk bait leader I have used i recall bucktail wire 6 inch long twisted with a split ring and big square barrel old swivel .It was my favorite leader at the time and used it for everything bucktails jerk baits divers,never took it off only to cut a foot off of line that was damaged. It worked fine reliable and I caught fish . It worked very well with reff hogs I think thats were I started with it. A friend looked at it tom dietz and said holly crap beefy leader you caught them on that ,yes sir I made it too his reply was they do not know what a leader is anyway.. That was a long time ago that leader got lost somehow probly on a snag . I just might make a couple of more ... it matter of what makes you feel confedent in my case at the time it was that I made it . I am not bies to any of them continue to test them and the body lagange of the fish to determine thought of mine HB