Gazlaaar Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Ive just see thus picture on twitter, not sure if its a wind up or not, but if its true, well, ill leave you to comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 the one on the lefts gotta be a joke. the one on the rights not as dangerous as weve been brainwashed into believing, if you think about it and dont believe the hype that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 yeah its obviously been tied by a novice,but in theory the mechanics are right just used the wrong components Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnplumb Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Surely if the main line breaks the fish will be towing the lead around , is that not bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Surely if the main line breaks the fish will be towing the lead around , is that not bad? if its towing the lead its got more chance of ejecting the rig than if its just trailing a leader. if you think about what makes a running rig effective its the fact it cant use the lead to eject the hook,its the same principal imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnplumb Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 if its towing the lead its got more chance of ejecting the rig than if its just trailing a leader. if you think about what makes a running rig effective its the fact it cant use the lead to eject the hook,its the same principal imo The principle may be the same but if the main line breaks on a running rig the lead should be able to come off the line and all that I have ever read says the lead should be able to become free of the main line in the event of a break . Not sure chancing the fish can use the lead to get rid of the hook is a good plan . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 not if the lead stays fixed,if it slips down the leader then yeah its gonna catch on something and tether,if the fish sheds the lead and is still attached to a leader and mainline the first thing itl do is find some snags,sulk and start shaking the leader around trying to get rid,personaly this is when i think the tethering occurs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 The principle may be the same but if the main line breaks on a running rig the lead should be able to come off the line and all that I have ever read says the lead should be able to become free of the main line in the event of a break . Not sure chancing the fish can use the lead to get rid of the hook is a good plan . if the fish loses the lead its still got the rig/leader/mainline to get rid of but without any leverage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 one of the reasons for dropping leads is to get the fish up in the water when fishing over weed,now were told to eject leads on every take, for what reason i dont know. i will say for the record i dont fish with a fixed lead set up even though i feel itd be a safer way to fish. as i said in another thread ive found fish with rusted hooks stuck in infected mouths still towing line with the lead ejected and when ive seen horror pics of tethered fish theyve allways ejected the lead aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 yeah totally agree using lighter bottom to mainline alleviates the problems carpmachine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 another point cm, when you see these dangerous rigs being shown on social media theyve all still got the lead attached, so to my mind theyve been successfuly ejected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Now from my thought, and what I've seen, a fixed fixed lead actually can snag, can catch up on any trailing weed etc. Trailing a lead around prevents a hook being ejected, the weight keeps pulling the hook into the lip. The hook can only be ejected with no weight, in the form of a splinter being pushed up to the surface of the skin. The left rig, I thought a joke. To be fair, I think neither are safe carpmachine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still scratching Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Now from my thought, and what I've seen, a fixed fixed lead actually can snag, can catch up on any trailing weed etc. Trailing a lead around prevents a hook being ejected, the weight keeps pulling the hook into the lip. The hook can only be ejected with no weight, in the form of a splinter being pushed up to the surface of the skin. The left rig, I thought a joke. To be fair, I think neither are safe you make a good point about the splinter thing but ive also seen underwater footage of fish using the lead to shake rigs out,i dont think it was korda but somthing on you tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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