sharpy86

Whats the idea behind using running leads with tight lines? Do you catch so many fish that you would rather make things difficult for yourself?

Lazy get on your bike and get them Try using a tackle dealer online or E-bay Postage costs can be a killer for terminal tackle tho

Well they will all need passports.

They were basically a hook with a long shank, and physically bent! Like the line alinger...used to cause some serious mouth damage tho!

I use Fox series 2 carp match hooks in a size 12 for my surface fishing...I haven't had one pull on me yet Last week I got into a bit of a mess with a mid double fish, and some reeds! The fish got down a channel between 2 sets of reeds on the take, and managed to bury itself into the other side of the near reeds. Couldn't do anything about it! If i pulled, it was pulling the fish INTO the reeds. So I slacked everything off, and called the baliff who came down with some waders. After ~40mins I got the fish into the net!! The hook held very well! Even with the slack line - Pretty much opened out the hook tho!

Possibly not out in the USA tho

i dont what my line is laying there lots of swonmusels were i fish and my takes on zig go of at a good rate Well your reason for using it has just changed

Well I was cutting it in 3...Using the tungston tubing as it acted like an anchor - which was why I wanted to use a little more than I would normally. As then with the hook bait, would hopefully be ~1m from any part of 'raised' line, giving a bigger, safer area for the fish to feed in...well that was the idea!

I knew I was forgetting something

Thanks for that Keith....I'm taking the plunge and removing the tubing! What can go wrong ehh? At least I won't have to pay out £5 for 2m, which is used for 3 rods...

I have done no end of tests and there is nothing to beat simple heavy mono fished slack line style. None of the tubings or "heavy" leaders follow any but the smoothest of lake beds because they simply aren't heavy enough and are too stiff. My question would have to be "why go to the trouble to find the best, least visible main line that you can buy and then thread it through a length of "hose-pipe" where it will be closest to where you want the fish to be. Exactly the same can be asked of any of the leaders. They are 3 or 4 times the diametre of your main line so will be much easier for the carp to spot. My honest advice is to stick to simple running rigs with light leads and no tubing no leaders and no back leads of any kind. Just fish with the line slack and let everyone else pay silly prices for items of tackle that they don't need. Since I switched to the simple rigs my catch rate has quadrupled. Hope that helps mate. Keith Thanks for the post Keith...I have been thinking of going tubing free. The only reason I have ALWAYS used tubing was for anti tangle (As i was told from the start), and protection for fish from the mainline, have you ever experienced lifting scales without tubing? I have been wrapping my brains to try and get a 'free'er running rig', and this was something I thought of. Cheers Matt