The Tidy Stems will allow you to prepare several Solid Bags before your session, attaching each prepared bag to your mainline via a loop-to-loop connection, Palomar knot or Grinner knot when ready. Now we have the chod set up, again still presented on a helicopter rig but fished slightly different, this rig has been designed for fishing over choddy and weedy bottoms, although you may still get bites on gravel spots using it, there are definitely better options for fishing over clean lakebeds. The only difference between this and a traditional helicopter set up in the incorporation of an extra bead, this will be place above the helicopter sleeve so the swivel will sit between to two beads, these can be moved accordingly to suit the debris you may be fishing over, you can also have them well spaced apart for ‘running chods’ this way the rig will slide up your leader/line and nestle down onto the height of the weed perfectly. It is advised to use a small lead when chod fishing due to the extremely short hook link, the last thing you want is a big lead swinging about potentially causing the hook to fall out. Another alternative would be to use a heli-safe instead of a sleeve, this will ensure the lead will drop whilst you’re playing the fish.

Nash Tackle Inline Lead Inserts - Poingdestres Angling

These Inline Lead Inserts provide universal fit replacement soft rubber inserts that grip Uni and Uni Ring Swivels, allowing in line leads to discharge safely over spliced loops and leader knots. It would be advised to use a hook link with some sort of coating to help with the anti-tangle properties of the rig to ensure on the cast the rig is separated from the line eliminating tangles. What ever mould you are using, whilst it is cold work a little Blue Tac into the lead loop slots. When heated it will eliminate flashing around the lead loop and more importantly ensure the lead loop does not move during pouring. It allows you to ensure that only a minimal amout of lead loop is showing on the finished lead.Step 4 – Thread a Covert Tail Rubber up yoru chosen leadcore leader, In this case we’ve used CamFlex. Step 5 – Attach a size 8 Flexi Ring Swivel to the leader by the big ring. Like all anglers, I have spent hundreds of hours tying carp rigs, tweaking them and looking for the best rig set up and presentation. When I came to France and became the owner of the Beausoleil fishing lake, I realised that I needed to make a bottom bait rig that was easy to tie and suitable for estate-type lakes with big carp, large catfish and sturgeon. The effect you describe with fish biting and not detecting is precisely what happens to me when the lead slides and the fish can move a bit of line around when the lead is left in the weed. Standard Rubber Inline inserts pull out of leads when set-up to allow all leaders/tubing/knots to pass safely through the lead, for fish safety

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piece inline insert, consists of a hard plastic tube approx 50mm in length and a ribber rubber insert. When fishing inline leads I find that they loosen from the swivel a bit too easily. Do any of you have any tip for tightening the fit? I feel that I'm not using the full weight of the lead as a bolt resistance and it also messes up the indication a bit and might let fish swim inside heavy weed with little movement on the bobbins.

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My best carp and catfish rig is a super simple semi-fixed inline lead rig that converts to a running rig for great results. If you truly believe that this issue is costing you fish then you need to be thinking about the feeding situation imo. If they are feeding that gingerly that the lead systems that work for everyone else are not working for you then there is something fundamentally wrong with feeding situation. and it also messes up the indication a bit and might let fish swim inside heavy weed with little movement on the bobbins. Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 6LH, United Kingdom. Company registered in England and Wales No 05151321. VAT No GB 152140945

Drop Out Lead Inserts - Gardner Tackle

If your hooks are razor sharp and your rig can reset you're worrying about nothing imo buddy. You have to bear in mind that the tighter you fix that lead, the easier it is for carp to use that lead to throw the hook. But as for overthinking and there being enough existing solutions I disagree. I have been using my active lead solution very successfully for over 6 years now and I am still improving it. I do not know of anyone else doing the same thing. These inserts are designed not to grip the swivel (size 8) and this means that the lead will eject from either the swivel end or off the tail rubber in the event of a bite – which helps ensure that this drop off style of lead arrangement works more effectively. My solution, which I confess no one else seems to like, is to turn your weight into an active bolt lead. Simply put a large steel washer on the lead just short of the COG. Wind your line as tight as you can so that the washer bites in the silt or comes against a small unevenness in the lake bed. You then fish with a bend in your rod. When a fish takes, the hold of the washer is released, the rod springs straight and it jerks the weight towards you just a little bit. This increases the bolt effect by adding this extra force to the COG weight. More importantly (and I am only guessing here) the sudden movement of the weight frightens the fish into moving off before it has had time to eject the bait.Despite the huge variety and sheer volume of products each and every one of them shares a few things in common. Firstly and most importantly they have been designed by carp anglers for carp anglers. Meaning that our product team have drawn on years of angling experience to bring you the products that you need to benefit your angling. For example we haven’t taken an old sea fi shing reel and marketed it as a carp fi shing reel like the majority of our competitors, oh no, we sat down and designed reels specifi cally for carp fi shing because we believe carp anglers deserve purpose-designed products and shouldn’t be afterthoughts! Diffusion Camo Inline Lead Leader Inserts allow you to drop the lead to safely land carp in weed and snags. Run the main line or leader over the top of the lead, and push fit the swivel in the soft grip rubber bead at the nose, securing over the stem of the lead at the rear with a tail rubber. I would play around with inline leads, and found that rubber tulip beads would hold better than the Korda insert. A couple of manufacturers rubber buffer beads also hold inside the lead. Don't worry I wasn't offended I just wanted to be clear that I'm aware of the balance of fish safety and effectiveness. It is not something that can be taken for granted I'm afraid.

Carp Lead Making Components - DB Angling Supplies Carp Lead Making Components - DB Angling Supplies

Before this year I used cog to gain the same benefit as the inline theoretically gives. I've landed a lot of fish with it but it is a bit more prone to tangle plus it requires special bits which in it self is a bit annoying. The idea of switching to inline for me is to have the line closer to the bottom since I use short hook links and also to avoid loosing the lead. Running rigs are best suited over a cleaner lakebed to prevent the lead from getting plugged in the weed potentially defeating to object of having it free running. Helicopter rigs are possibly the most versatile presentation you will find, whether you’re fishing over firm or weedy bottoms they can be adapted perfectly to suit the substrate. There is a couple of different ways you can fish them, one being the traditional way of just having a Helicopter sleeve and a top bead. A ring swivel will sit between the two which your hook link can be attached to, position the top bead to the depth you think the detritus may be and it will ensure perfect presentation every time, you can use helicopter rigs on both leadcore & naked on the mainline, but a key thing to bear in mind is fish safety, that top bead must be able to come off in the event of a breakage so ensuring it can come away easily is a must.Each of the versions come in two different diameters, 5 and 5.75mm, to ensure a neat fit in most inline leads on the market – they really have thought of everything! The entire setup is built to be extremely robust, with a 45lb breaking strain, and by utilising flexible fluorocarbon instead of wire, this can bend and flex without weakening. Furthermore, avoiding the use of wires improves fish safety. All in all they are a fantastic little product that will be a must for solid-bag advocates! One ring provides flexibility for your hook link. The other ring is for the attachment of your chosen leader material. Solid Welded Rings 6mm for making Heli Leads. Place on the loop instead of a swivels and pour you lead. The internals of each Tidy Stem have been designed and created using a unique fluorocarbon material, fused together to ensure strength (45lb breaking strain), flexibility (wireless 100% fluorocarbon internals) and in turn fish safety. Torpedo-like tournament style inline leads may be easy to cast at range, but can roll on uneven lakebed features like gravel bars or the marginal shelf. Flat pear or gripper style inlines will work far better in this kind of situation. So remember to have a ‘horses for courses’ attitude when using inlines and dramatically increase the efficacy of your set-up! The semi-fixed inline set-up