leader question

From what I gather a lot of anglers are using fluoracarbon (sp)
leaders. I use power pro and like to use hard and soft baits. I could
see where such a leader would help on the use of soft baits. The bait
would likely move more freely and the line would be less visible to a
fish contemplating a strike. As for hardbaits I don't know if the
leader effects the action. The strike is more of a reaction strike and
the visibility of the line may be of lesser importance. Those are my
own naive perceptions but I am looking for something a little more
definitive.

fishtale wrote:
I could
see where such a leader would help on the use of soft baits. The bait
would likely move more freely

Precisely the opposite. Fluorocarbon is quite stiff as compared to the
braided line.

the line would be less visible to a
fish contemplating a strike.

Fish are incapable of "contemplation"
They don't THINK as we know it. They merely react to stimuli.