albatrossx1

i have used this rig many times and i love it. Those korum hooks seem to be difficult to get hold of now. I think they have changed the packaging? has anyone used these or the new versions, if so, are the new ones any good? Looks a very close pattern to Dannys wide Gape

Nuff Said, nothing wrong with that rig, it beats needle n threading em

Im sure those carpys will apreciate minty fresh breath

Heres a few of my comments and ideas about the use of shock leaders, I cant see a problem with shock leaders myself as long as they are set up in the right way, obviously the use of drop off lead systems are the best way around a safe rig with a shock leader, but we better not go down the road of dropping leads again. The trouble is every ones casting is different and yes you should fish within a distance your comfortable at fishing safely , the only way is to ban shock leaders, lead core, etc and impose a 15lbs minimum breaking strain line on all waters. But until this happens a lot of anglers want that edge and to cast that bit further than anyone is a big edge at times, and im one of those guys, its some thing i personally take pride in, to cast and bait up accurately and consistently over 100 yards.What i do see alot of is anglers cracking off on the cast because they are using 12lbs line or less without a shock leader thus leaving lots of unattached baited rigs in the water. My personal set up for long range fishing is to always use a tapered shock leader when im casting and i cannot fault the ESP Tapered shock leaders 15lbs-40lbs with this set up i use power pro 40lbs braided mainline and with the drop off inline lead system i think it is a faultless set up, i always fish bow string tight lines at long range and with a tight clutch, i think slack line fishing has its place but only at short to medium range in very clear flat bottomed lakes, i personally think that fishing slack at medium to long range where there is any sort of weed or undulation in a lake is putting yourself at a disadvantage to landing fish, firstly the carp has ample time to find refuge in snags and weed, secondly the slack line approach is always going to allow carp to generate a lot of speed and momentum which is then difficult to slow a running carp down in time before disaster strikes. One final note on shock leaders is the advantage in having that extra strong piece of line at the end for added abrasion resistance against gravel bars and zebra mussels etc which can also stop the loss off rigs and fish, as this was originally about the use of florocarbon leaders i would love to see a tapered one on the market