calopteryx

No need to apologise. Sorry I was a bit abrupt, but some of the things that people were saying made me a bit cross. I think that leaving lots of lead in our lakes is a very important issue; it could turn out to be very dangerous to our fish and the environment

cyprinus_carpio, surprisingly and very sadly my estimation of you has dropped considerably as a result of the above! Unless my ability to decipher text talk and your strange ‘new use of the English language’ has lead me to misunderstand the point you were making? 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 levigsp, I think not!! This, And? I think that talking about losing leads and the possible environmental issue is relevant. And very defiantly this, Were well said! gidneyboy, I will respond to your last post in due course. mickt..

666carpcatcher and salokcinnodrog, both gave you perfectly good and succinct answers to solve your problem. If you are losing leads then the Lead clip is working efficiently. As soon as the Fish is picking up the Rig and swimming off the Lead pulls free of the Clip as the Rubber slides up, which is exactly what they are supposed to do. The Rubber is sliding free and preventing the fish from getting snagged in weed etc. If you are annoyed at losing leads at minimal contact with the Lead clips, then switch to the Carp-R-Us Lead Clips, they have a 3 stage Clip for changes in tension of your choice. MAKE SURE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS WITH THESE FIRST, as they are not a standard Line clip.

Let’s hope no tap water gets into any of these lakes then or anything thing else that may react with lead, but then that will never happen will it? I think you will find that there are moves afoot to completely ban the use of lead in fishing, (across the EC). So some others must think it’s a bad idea, not only me. However I will definitely not deliberately or willingly add, to what by the sound of it must be veritable mountains of lead, in the places that I fish. Whether it’s ‘safe’ or not, despite that fact that I can afford it! Mickt..

Cost!!!!!! What is going to be consequences of dumping all that lead in the lake???? But oh, sorry I forgot for a minute, these days it’s ‘hook um, haul um, and get the photo’, catch them by any means and to hell with the consequences! Good grief, I despair!!!! Mickt..