Item 3 The Wire Leader Ban: What the Committee Will Decide The Committee will review the emergency wire leader and hook size regulation, discuss its rationale, and consider possible next steps after the 180 day lapse window including: Readopting the regulation as-is for up to two 90-day extensions Modifying it to be more narrowly targeted Allowing it to expire in December 2026 Shark Stewards the conservation advocacy group that publicly supported this measure has already announced they are pushing for the regulation to be made permanent past the December expiration
You must be aware of this when choosing tippet or designing a fly fishing leader, since you may have a leader that sinks weirdly if you have all sorts of different diameters and sink rates involved
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Offshore locations like Three King Islands, DUrville Island, White Island, and the Ranfurly Banks are famous for targeting beast sized kingies
For 2026, look for models with Digital Selective Calling (DSC), which can broadcast a distress signal with your boats location at the push of a button