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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 ?

Havent i seen a similar rig somewhere where , the normal very long hair comes off the hook at the same point only instead of tying the hair directly to the hook , its knotless knotted and held in place by shrink tubing and/or a rig ring ? Does that make sense ?

I'm sure they do the trick for ya mate , when i first saw 'em i thought it was something out of a terminator movie tbh Im a firm believer in keeping it as simple as possible even if it is mostly because i'm lazy lol . The most complicated rig you see me using is a bit of fluro tied to a piece of braid . Excluding the ready made choddies i buy of course

Blimey that little lot puts the fear of christ into me , lord knows what the carp think

I hear that they are aptly described . They are on my list to be tried this year ...

Avid bait screws , marvellous little things. No water ingress , they are air tight . All varieties of pop up , corkball , cork dust , airball etc stayed popped up properly for over a week in tank test. Mind you they were made by cc moore & essential so i would expect them to ...

Would expect nothing less mate

Chance would be a fine thing phil Arthritis mate . Some rigs , i even get my mate to tie as a result . I would imagine that most people are as meticulous as they can be . A confidence thing probably .

I DO do it that way stevey but instead of crumb i use cc moore weedbeater mix in xxx flavour in conjunction with my boilies . Same consistency as very fine breadcrumb and protects the hookpoints .

Yeh i was out earlier today matey . I took my boy to nursery and then treated myself to a big fat fry up Then found an enormous tackle shop that i never knew existed

Only 30,000kg ?

I wouldnt restock it mate , i'd dig it up and move it into my new back garden . Then show you how to empty it

Every dog gas its day matey . I'll have me wits about me for a while

Im not surprised nobody else really fell into that one . It wasnt a very good attempt was it ? They obviously dont have april 1st on the other side of the pond so apologies to our american friend

:) tut tut petey i'm surprised at you

Obvious i know , but we all have to be aware of what happens when any sort of running lead set up is plugged in silt . I imagine more so with inlines . Then again it might be different with a longer hooklength in a solid pva bag .

Morning fellas . Havent we all wondered what our baited rigs REALLY look like on the lakebed ? After watching the underwater carp fishing videos that uncle Danny has been flogging and we've seen the carp "getting away with it" , how many sessions on the bank have been spoilt by that nagging doubt at the back of your mind ? Are you fishing properly ? Is it tangled ? Has that pva melted properly ? Murder isnt it ? Well fellas im delighted to say that that probkem has been solved forever , and it can be for you all as well . All you need is some petrol in your car . As some of you know , i've moved house recently . There are a lot of mostly minuses about this but one good thing has come out of it ..... We just won £500k on the lotto .(and i cant even post a smilie lol). She wants a swimming pool believe it or not . At least now i'll have somewhere to test my rigs . And you are all welcome to come and use my new life sized rig tank , life is definitley looking up

Yeah i think your probably right , you cant beat a true pendant running lead , large bore run ring , on naked mainline too . Always registers whatever direction the fish decides to go . Yet another example of what probably sacrifices 25-30% indication for the sake of convenience . Every option has its time and place though no doubt. Its just a case of knowing it

Thats why i like the lead clips made by solar and fox . Semi fixed lead set up until you remove a tiny peg and it becomes a totally free running lead . And vice versa of course . Dont like lead clips , never have since i saw a video of a carp using the lead to throw the hook , and always always use a free running pendant lead set up . But , occaisonally i use one of the above mentioned clips ...just in case lol. Quite like the look of the running inline set up that joe morgan has on you tube . Bite indication appears to be great but im not so sure how it would act on the lakebed though which is why i am wary of using it. Blanks , always nice to come up with something like you have there but is milky right ?