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I believe the theory was that when the Carp blew the bait out it slid up the ring towards the eye of the hook and the hook dropped into the fishes lip. First forerunner of the Blowback rigs that have been heavily publicised recently. It receives a decent breakdown in Rod Hutchinson's The Carp Strikes Back and also Tim Paisley's To Catch a Carp. I've debated the merits of it against the Blowback rigs with Tubing on the hookshank in the past. With a D-rig if the bait is blown out it can reset itself, yet with tubing you have an indication of your rig being sussed. The D-rig can be used for bottom baits as well as pop-ups, and it does work, YES I HAVE tried it and caught fish on it. Let me see if i've got this right, as i need to visualise things cause im awkward and fussy; When the Bait is blown out, the ring is pushed back against the eye of hte hook, this would assist in pushing the hook at a 90 degree angle, would it not, causing the hook to create a larger surface area and increase the chances of it catching the lip. Am i right?

ok, stupid question Whats the benifits of this to a standard loop on the end, if your going to tie on something anyway whay not use the usual setup

Not sure if sprinkling hooks in the water is actually really very safe for the carp, esp if over some feed. Poor sods will eat the hooks!

true ruffing it up would make it opaque grooves would refract, like a prism. I take it the secret is in its shape and material

Buy the smooth ones and ruff them up with a bit of sandpaper

no mate, and they have the same problem, impossible to tighten down to them Holding your cards close Goblin. Your mean!

Looks interesting enough. I might give it a try.

never heard of it. Have you tried googling it?

Knotless knot has never failed me yet. And if the hair gets a bit scruched up or twisted, remake it! only takes a few mins

Well thats put my thread to rest. And never a truer word said i now believe.

Kev's right here, theres that much out there to buy now in the market, its a dam sight better than 15-20 years ago, when we were all lads. All fisheries have different rules on what you can use, some require you to use Barb hooks, one place told me that with Barbless the hook can come out and go back in numerous times, causing perforations in the lips and mouth, which is worse than the hole a barbed hook can make. weather its true or not i dont know. Fisherie owners reserve there own right on what tackle to ban if any, this should be their responsibility, as its their fish, not the responsibilty of manufactorers

I think that companies should take a little more interest in what could happen in a break with the stuff they sell. Towing leadcore may be bad enough, but what about those KORG or KORUM feeders with the elastic in the middle. They are basically a fixed setup with no possibilty of anything breaking free. And if you think about it, depending on where your line can break, leadcore or no leadcore, the possibilty of having 40ft of briad dangling out of the fish will still snag around weed, braches, lillys etc...

I think you have a good point here Marker I use both bolt rigs (with safty clips) and helicopter rigs with leadcore and it has occured to me that it wont break off in a snap. I think the expense of it as well, especially if you buy pre made ones like ESP, outways the slight benifits, especially as i normally lose one in a tree or a island every blemmin' time i go fishing Still might continue to use one on one rod and simpler on another (ie tubing or as my bro) Needs more reserch i think

To be honest. He likes things very simple. He has no leader, just the main line with a free running 2.5oz lead. Swivel and his hook link. I agree davidford, soft leaders like ESP, protect the fish a bit more. But then again, i think most damage done is not from a mono mainline but from people not bothering to wet thier hands before touching them, or not wetting a mat, or not even using one! i have seen anglers with a fish on the gravel bank with their mat behind them

An arguement between myself and my brother has been going on for a bit now. I've been using leadcore leaders, as it helps keep the line low in the water and not spook the fish. My brother refuses to use it because its expensive and says its pointless and is only sold to catch anglers wallets. Trouble is, we both catch fish and theres not much noticable difference between us. So does it make a difference or not?