I have been using 40 lb Maxima UG leader. I use a large Hot Spot style flasher (its a Gibsnon's rigged up without the break away in the center hole). I think those flashers are 12" long. My leader length is 2.5X to 3X (30-36") my flasher length. Usually more towards the 2.5X side when fishing hoochies, a little longer if I am fishing spoons. That is pretty much my terminal setups.

I troll with 10lb downrigger balls that are torpedo shaped. I troll with my cables at about 45 degrees, usually a little less. This is a relatively fast troll - I want to cover alot of water. Another thing I like to do is constantly change direction and speed. I don't mean weaving all over the place, but I don't spend all day trolling a straight line either.

I grew up in West Seattle and learned to fish with my dad. We didn't ever have downriggers and always trolled herring behind a banana weight. We trolled very slow - looked almost like we were sockeye fishing sometimes! We used to mooch alot for Kings. Thinking back were caught quite a few fish, but only because we put in so much time. I don't think our catch ratio/hour fished was very good. Not to discount what I learned from Dad (I wouldn't be the man or probably be into fishing without him), but I think I am more successful now.

I took my dad out in Elliot Bay the other weekend. I picked him up at the boat launch and gave him a quick lesson in manual Scotty riggers on our way out to Todd's. I fired up the kicker dropped down about 40' and set my rod in the holder. My dad sat with a tackle box in his lab poking at hoochies and coyote spoons. I had trolled for about 15 minutes when I asked him if he needed help getting set up. He looked up bewildered and asked "when are you going get there so you can slow down so we can start trolling?" I don't thin dad was too impressed with the "fakie rubber squids" and "trolling like your racing".