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At a guess I should think I have 40 or so,like to make sure things are spot on,which I find easyer to do at home.

I was actualy thinking of two legged vermin of various types. Another to try involves a hyperdermic full of mercury,and a trampoline,compleate with guard so they cannot get of

Mine is a wire brush and a strong elestic band

Quite correct in your assumptions I think the fish comes first,it has to,to the piont where I have turned down the prospect of a huge fish that I knew would be hurt in the fight. I use the rig knowing that it is safe in my hands,and I only use it with barbed hooks. coincidently I always use barbed hooks if possible.

Even a LWB one??? Not everyone takes a trailer when they go?? Or was that levi?? I take a trailer just for my food

Hi does anyone know of a small lake with nice accomadation that could be hired by two anglers and there partners. No places at silly prices please as this holiday will be paid for by one person,for reasons I will not go into. Late september or october if possible

Fish have come first all my life,so I am carefull what I do.If i beleaved I could damage a fishes mouth with this rig anymore than any other than I would stop using it. Dave Lane might condeme the rig but a lot of big name anglers condone it. Buy the way I have seen a lot more damage caused by shortshank wide gapes,where they have been cut out by the angler who couldnt see then buried in the flesh. And even more dammage done by barbless hooks of all styles,.

I sorry I have to disagree with you.Ive used this rig on one rod all season,and looking at my records Ive had 39 fish on the rig from approx 1LB to35lb,without mouth dammage to any of them. A frend stoped useing the rig because of mouth dammage. The problem is the angler not the rig,as ussual. I play fish to the net regardless of size,my frend bullies them to the net. The rig normaly hooks well back and the mechanics of the rig force the point and barb deep into the flesh,if you play the fish theres no problem,if you bully the fish to much,regardless of size the hook will rip out on thin liped fish and empale elsewhere in the mouth. I have seen the same dammage with every rig when the fish has been hooked deep and bullied. At the end of the day its up to the angler to use the rig safely,I would not use it in a hit and hold situation.

Try spiderwire or Fireline,there the same fused M Dyneema as apposed to spectra braid.

hi,the ph of most UK lakes is somewhere between 6.9 and 8,most neutral. How ever some of the mountain lochs,tarn ect are slightly acidic,whereas some lowland ponds and lakes are slightly alkali. We suffer both with natural and artificial Eutrophication,the first is not normaly a problem except in freak hot years,the second is a problem,that the water boards and enviroment agency are constantly fighting with.

When I studied marine biology and water (care?) A,B and C (Dont know the english names of all the courses),we learned the term "Point of no return" as a term describing when a water gets enough acids, that the heavy metals dissolve and kills everything, making it allmost impossible to restore. I dont know if you use that term in the UK but it would be strange if you dont, since we used the term in english and not swedish. Point of no return is, anyway a term used in many different subjects. It's a quite normal "chaos" term. Let me get this straight, I do NOT think it is ok to have carps swimming around with leads. My point was that if I was the person losing leads all the time, I would check the rig to make the leads loosen only when fish snaggs, and not on normal takes. I agree with you we shouldnt just discard leads,but as I said I would rather lose leads than teather fish.By the way I too have studied aquatic biology,and I studid the effects of lead in UKand EU waterways,and Im an active member of IFM so I can keep on top of current issues.

Hi used marzipan in1972 very succesful

Sgart,Point of no return is actualy a flight term,it means the point in fuel load that you reach[just over half]when you cannot return. If a lake got so acidic that it started to disolve lead,the fish would be dead. For a lake to get so acidic it would need a large amount of acid to be dumped into the water,this then could be neutralised by an equaly large amount of alkali,so the action could be reversed. You would need a huge amount of anglers leads in the water to be a problem[far more than is lost in the UK]. Far far better to lose leads and land fish safely,than to lose fish atached to leads. another point if mercury[quicksilver] was dumped into the water,it would kill fish acid or not. We should all be one together in our use of safe rigs,if that means losing leads than so be it.

Could you please think about your statement after reading this.The PH would have to drop to a leval that is more dangerous to the fish than the lead. The lead would become an,nitride/sulphide ect not oxide. Approx 33% of all lakes and pits dug in the uk have huge amounts of lead already in them,exposed by the mineing of stone/ballast ect,without any ill health in fish ect. I studid the effects of lead in our waterways for both the BFSS and BASC when the goverment put up its draft paper on a lead ban for shooting. I believe I Know the effects.

There will be no consequences at all. Lead is stable in water, it wont pollute it unless you add other chemicals to the water so that the lead can be chemically broken down. People only started suffering from lead poisoning from drinking water once the water companys started adding chlorine and fluoride to our drinking water which in turn made lead pipes chemically unstable. The only way leads could be a danger is if any wildlife was to ingest some, but I cant see many ducks eating the size leads most modern carp anglers use. well said