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It was shot because animals were ingesting them I believe. Not sure how much it was actually happening but that was the reason I’m sure. dropping the lead with rotten bottoms has been a thing for decades. Well before mainstream angling channels brought it to the masses. Can imagine back in the 80s and early 90s they were uncoated too.

Big Bad Barry from Ben and Holly!

Not watching it as above, he’s just out to make his money mainly. Does he go in to how long it takes a coated lead, which most are nowadays, takes to actually leach toxic metals in to the water to the extent they have an effect on the environment? The process of how that works? Or anything like that? I’d be more worried about the microplastics than the lead.

Where’s my invite?!

Golf gloves are brilliant for casting if you know anyone that has old ones (depending on which way you cast/they play golf) but generally can get cheap gloves for a tenner and they’ll last you years.

You clearly fish all the places this type go to, which would suggest that you are one of them! 😂😂 that’s in jest of course, but you are clearly fishing the wrong venues.

Temu mate.

Absolutely disgraceful in my opinion. Use just enough light and only when you need it. that being said, the use of this sort of lighting in an angling environment could be detrimental to bats and as such could be a prosecutable offence. something tells me the post is satire though.

Uncoated lead so you can feel more through it. I’m pretty sure you can get hold of small marker style leads. I often use a sea fishing breakaway lead, cut the arms down and cable tie them in position. Very useful for picking out debris or minor weed clearance in the margins. You can get them in all sizes fairly cheaply too on eBay.

Similar to yonny, I had a £75 club ticket last season, fished there for 3 nights and a £275 ticket (June-june) and I’ve only done 3 nights so far! Expensive trips. Spent most of my year fishing a club water for free as I’m on the committee! But none of those club lakes really do it for me tbh. hopefully fit in a couple more nights on the ticket before June but then I don’t know whether I’ll renew. See how it goes. Pretty expensive trips!

Nope, they will still get people there. Supply and demand and the demand is still damn high everywhere you look. More and more members only lakes are becoming invite only due to silly enquiries for the waiting lists. The rest are raising prices to ensure a lower membership costs costs. it makes the day tickets more money off the back of it.

I should probably pre soak my braid when I’m fishing at range. Sweatbands the obvious choice. not that I’ve fished mono for years but I always used to have a couple of casts without a hooklink to the clipped spot to ascertain the difference in feelings from the braided leading rod. So I guess line was wet already when it came to the casts that mattered. in terms of the OP and breaking strain was really my point with the soaking whilst fishing thing. If I leave my lines out for 24hrs and it reduced breaking strain you’d certainly know about it! can imagine a very good pre soak of any line but especially monos and fluoros would be beneficial when there’s a lot of algae floating about or sediment in the water as to not discolour it?

I’m not sure I get the whole point of all this, but you cast line out and leave it in the water for hours on end. It’s well soaked up to the distance you’re casting anyway. you’re always advised to soak before spooling so it becomes more supple.

Have you seen the crimp-it or whatever it’s called. Same thing but not a toaster, could use it to prepare them before your session and then just pop it in a toaster device if you’re choosing to heat it up. Interesting to look at RM as a business. A redesign of a toaster device, simple and easy, has propelled them in to what they are now. Goes to show how something incredibly simple can lead a business to be extremely lucrative!

Any of them!