briandki

http://www.thefriendlyfisherman.co.uk/section17668/product25367/PB-PRODUCTS-HIT--RUN-X-SAFE-LEAD-CLIP-x.html not the vid but all info on the lead clip system. hope it helps

i've always been a big fan of running leads as they are, imo, the most sensitive, indication wise and in the event of a breakage the lead is free to discharge. the only problem i have is when using them around snaggy areas or thick weed, when it would be an advantage to dump the lead. until recently the only effective way of doing this was by incorporating a rotten bottom, which can be a bit hit and miss and fiddly to tie, especially if your using pva tape/string in the damp. never been a fan of lead clips as i think the fish use the weight of the lead to discharge the hook. the only real positive with a lead clip is the ease with which the lead can be dumped. then i found something that is really cleaver.. using a modified lead clip that works like a running lead and in the event of a breakage, the only thing left behind is the hooklink. take a look at this link... be ready to be impressed. once you use one you will never use a normal lead clip again. sorry, tried to find the vid of the lead clip system, this is of the inline system.

micro barbed are barbed.. not barbless

hmmm trigonometry...that takes me back know when i fish a pop up i like to keep the hair fairly short so as to keep the hook 'hidden' under the bait, usually tied on to a ring on a small D. like on a choddy! i think when you look at it in the edge, a 16mm bait on a size 6 will leave the point of the hook falling outside the plane of the hypothetical triangle . when i use a pop up as part of a snowman set up, the length of the hair is determined by the way the fish are feeding,the more confident, the longer the hair. hope this is of some use

love snake skin, caught loads on the stuff. tried loads of other coated hooklink materials but keep coming back to it. when i dont want to fish a combi link i use x-line floro carbon. brilliant stuff!!

might be worth talking to keith moors as he runs river trips on the saone. well he used to when we visited his fishery ( moorland fisheries) a few years back. check out his web site.