Newbie leader question

mdk77 wrote:
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I'd suggest exchanging them, or if that isn't possible, and you wish to
use them, I'd suggest checking them out _carefully_ (break test, etc.)
before relying on them - a break-off at the line end would be a bad
thing for more than just you - lengths of mono, etc., in the water is
not good. These sound like they had already been exposed to (high) heat,
UV, or something. Did they sit in a hot vehicle for any length of time?

I thought about that. You're probably right, I should return them.
...

Yeah, that was your best bet. You started off with coiled, trashed
leaders, followed some bad advice and put them in very hot water,
so what you have now are straight, trashed leaders. I wouldn't
trust them.

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Ken Fortenberry