On Jan 4, 8:53*pm, "Fred" wrote:
Looking at Cabela's bargain bin, I stumbled across SciAnglers line/
leader connectors -- the plastic do-hickies that snap together.

Stay away from that kind of connector
I speak from experiece
I lost a fish

Fred

Following that logic, it would behoove one to stay away from rods,
reels, lines, leaders, hooks, feathers, fur, tinsel, lead, wire, nets,
trawlers, bait, chum, boats, waders, spears, arrows, guns and a few
thousand other items......all of which have at one time or another
been used in the loss of a fish.

g.
who supposes that no one has yet claimed a thermonuclear device was
responsible for the loss of a fish......or, at least not in these
pages.