Most of the people in our Muskies Inc chapter use either 60# or (most) 80# leader. Some mono - some fluorocarbon. Most all told me not to use the vinyl coated steel. Thats what I go by. The people I fish with are catching a few 45 -50# ( just not me yet) and many 35–44# muskies every year with no cut off problems. Many use straight 80# braid with no leader and still catch the big ones without cutting off. They all have told me to check line for abrasions after ever hookup and cut off if ‘any’ fraying and re-tie. It has worked for the 20 to 35# muskies I have caught.

You truly are gifted in telling a story!
Very interesting! I’ve always had a slight interest in the Jesse James story. You fanned the spark that’s still in me.
The fact that Ford was charged with murder was new to me. It smacks of a government cover up. Jesse must have been an embarrassment to the feds Was he executed? That might be further proof.
Love the tie to Enron. I had a friend in church ( Bible church in Darien Ct that had a mixture of ethnicity and economic status) who was pretty high up in Enron
He was in and out of court for several years. He owned three houses. One in Texas, Colorado and Darien. He sold his house in Darien and moved away. I think he was found not guilty.
In reading your story I’m reminded that money isn’t the source of all evil but the love of money is the source of all evil. So Ken could have had some moral fiber but was led away from it by his love for money.
Yes funny in a sense.
Two questions remain.
Was Ford executed?
Were any government officials indicted in the Enron scam? That one is more topical. To quote a great story teller
Just sayin!

Back in the 1950s and 60s when real r****t behavior was not uncommon, black athletes still showed respect for country and f**g. Now that true r****m is pretty much limited to a few morons, some of whom profess to be conservative but who we reject, we see much more obnoxious behavior from many of them. The lies of s******c r****m (proven false by eight years of Obama; it took a lot of white v**es to elect him) and police hunting and k*****g innocent b****s (you get shot for BEHAVIOR, not for your color; if I did what they do I’d be shot too) are sparking the revolt. The media neglects to mention that G****e F***d had a lethal dose of f******l in his system when he died, and that he had been safely restrained in the back seat of a police car prior to being removed at his own request because he said he could not breathe. T***hful reporting would go a long way towards correcting these misconceptions.

I’ll get down off of the soap box now.