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with a 4-foot leader if you are drift fishing your lead must travel four feet to become even with the hook if a fish has picked it up. The lead will continue to drift and thus will probably travel another four feet for a grand total of eight feet before you detect the strike
I don't know where this idea came from, but it just isn't true if you are using the proper amout of weight. I've watched fish take my offering before.....some move with the bait in such a way that is very hard to detect, while others aggressively take the bait and immediately transmit the feel of the take. I just don't put any stock in the notion that your bait is going to travel twice the leader length before you feel a bite. When you're fishing clear water, watch your bait and you'll see what I mean.

Maybe if your hands and brain are numb and you're wearing mittens...... laugh
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