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I tend to use the gardner dual bore 4mm rubberbeads which fit onto either the korda sinkers or the newer gardner version of em . I like the look of the avid chod beads but if it aint broke...

Two great fish there ...bravo !

Yes ouch very well explained. How do i tie one ?

As i said , i no longer use leadcore whether it was my fault or not . I've had no such incident since .

Liam , the only occasions i used leadcore was when i was using the esp ready-made leadcore helicopter set ups ( i believe the also sell a lead clip version ) . One day i caught a mirror carp of about 10 maybe 12lb , i dont know i didnt weigh it , but it had really horrific mouth damage . Now , it put up a good fight and indeed was zig zagging all over the shop and i really dont know whether i or the leadcore was to blame for it but it was fresh damage so either i caused it or someone else caught the same fish half hour earlier and ripped its face to peices . What i do know is that i felt SO guilty afterwards that i have never used leadcore since ...just in case . I fish chods sometimes and when i do i fish 'em naked (so to speak ) but not because its in vogue or trendy . In actual fact the naked chod is probably far from trendy nowadays ...

You keep asking the question milky . Every now and again this subject comes up on the forum. Every now and again this subject comes up in magazines. I HEAR and READ that the 360 rig causes horrific mouth damage in smaller carp. I dont disbelieve any of it but it WOULD be nice to actually know why and have it explained in detail as to what these problems are instead of heresay after heresay . I wouldnt use the rig for the same reason i wont use leadcore any more ...just in case . Would be nice to hear or read some facts .

Make you right on the sufix mate

Just looks too much of a pain to tie tbh jay , i'd be inclined to just make a hair from 2/3lb mono and tie it off the eye kd style . All that old bull about making the hook heavier Arent we supposed to be making everything lighter or "balanced" to fool these old riggy carp ?