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gary knowles
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OK......serious question for carp anglers.
I don't do a great deal of carping but dabble at it when holidaying abroad. And, I'm just getting some stuff together for a trip to Canada.
My problem is this.....
As the area I am going to fish is very snaggy I have been recomended to use three foot of lead core above the lead to act as an abrasion resistant buffer. OK, standard stuff I know, so I make sure its not a tether rig by drilling out the lead to ensure in the event of breaking off above the lead the fish isn't left trailing a lead (or method feeder).
Only thing now is although I can ensure a trailing lead is jettisoned surely the fish can still snag on the lead core.......after all isn't the lead core simply a very thin weight ?
The fact that a fish will be trailing a foot of so of mono followed by three foot of lead core doesn't make me feel comfortable at all.
Surely the weight of the lead core will ensure that it is always dragging bottom - either the swivel attaching the core to the hooklength or the leadcore itself will eventually snag in rocks or boulders on the bottom. With leadcore being 40lb (ish) and hooklength material of about 15-20lb surely even without a lead this becomes a tether rig ?
If this is so it seems to me that any rig using lead core has an unacceptable risk of tethering a fish.
Any comments / help on this will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers in anticipation
Gary
I don't do a great deal of carping but dabble at it when holidaying abroad. And, I'm just getting some stuff together for a trip to Canada.
My problem is this.....
As the area I am going to fish is very snaggy I have been recomended to use three foot of lead core above the lead to act as an abrasion resistant buffer. OK, standard stuff I know, so I make sure its not a tether rig by drilling out the lead to ensure in the event of breaking off above the lead the fish isn't left trailing a lead (or method feeder).
Only thing now is although I can ensure a trailing lead is jettisoned surely the fish can still snag on the lead core.......after all isn't the lead core simply a very thin weight ?
The fact that a fish will be trailing a foot of so of mono followed by three foot of lead core doesn't make me feel comfortable at all.
Surely the weight of the lead core will ensure that it is always dragging bottom - either the swivel attaching the core to the hooklength or the leadcore itself will eventually snag in rocks or boulders on the bottom. With leadcore being 40lb (ish) and hooklength material of about 15-20lb surely even without a lead this becomes a tether rig ?
If this is so it seems to me that any rig using lead core has an unacceptable risk of tethering a fish.
Any comments / help on this will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers in anticipation
Gary