rooster

thx for your help.i see what your saying.i was hoping the bristle filament would be hard to eject. i just like the way the presentation sits over thick weed. maybe i'l make the hooklink a few inches longer.

im fishing a very weedy lake and only recently fishing chod/silt style. im fishing a 3-4" bristle filament hooklink with a d7 raptor hook tied with d ring with a pop up tied on. usual arrangement with two beads on leader with tournament swivel lead on end. On a take the hooklink is pulled up to the lead because the hooklink is only 3" long. therefore lead is almost in line with the hook ( this is my reasoning for the lead banging against carps mouth). Last weekend i had two takes on two different hooking arrangement The first drig mounted The second with shrink tubing off eye of hook (bent), but both with the same results. Was playing the fish for some time then they pulled free.

been fishing the chod rig but experiencing fish coming off during the playing of. unhappy with the lead banging against carps mouth during fight, im sure its losing me the fish. anyone know the best way of preventing this.obviously loose lead on a clip one option, or even a weak link on lead another option.