Pining the line down

[daleg2008]

Anyone got and ideas of pinning straight through mainline down? the obvious ones are putty and flying backleads, but big lumps of putty will expensive if you lose them and flying back leads change the line angle to much. any ideas welcome cheers.

[bully32]

Hi have you tried downrigger backleads castout & just clip on to youre line

[hopefull]

Try small float stops on the line with putty wrapped around them. It'll help stop it falling off.

[nash_gadgeteer]

Simple answer, go with a sinking mainline, either braid or flurocarbon, my favourite is X-line but it does have a few disadvantages....

[crayonhussy]

invest in some waders and goggles and pin it down with a cloaths peg

[daleg2008]

Simple answer, go with a sinking mainline, either braid or flurocarbon, my favourite is X-line but it does have a few disadvantages....

I all ready use x-line, but i doubt it is on the bottom when fished on a tight line. unless you know otherwise? i watched a carp come up from my rig and follow the mainline up and swim under the rod tips. i thought you cheeky blighter

[daleg2008]

invest in some waders and goggles and pin it down with a cloaths peg

Waders are on my list of things to get atm. just short on cash

[daleg2008]

So backleads and float stops. anyone know what indication is like on straight through mainline with a running lead and using a backlead? cheers

[sharpy86]

Whats the idea behind using running leads with tight lines? Do you catch so many fish that you would rather make things difficult for yourself?

[vinyljunkie]

invest in some waders and goggles and pin it down with a cloaths peg

Waders are on my list of things to get atm. just short on cash

 

bloke turned up on a work party the other day with a pair of chesties he had bought from Aldi for a £5 dunno if they still do em or not i have never been to Aldi but could be worth a try

[wilfster]

x-line fished slack. job done.

[daleg2008]

Whats the idea behind using running leads with tight lines? Do you catch so many fish that you would rather make things difficult for yourself?

why because not every fishing situation requires a slack line.

[daleg2008]

x-line fished slack. job done.

the same as above

[daleg2008]

Whats the verdict on backleads and indication then? someone on here must use them?

[daleg2008]

invest in some waders and goggles and pin it down with a cloaths peg

Waders are on my list of things to get atm. just short on cash

 

bloke turned up on a work party the other day with a pair of chesties he had bought from Aldi for a £5 dunno if they still do em or not i have never been to Aldi but could be worth a try

nice one ill check it out

[jogon26]

i use korda flying back leads with a 12-15lb florocarbon leader which sink nicely u can add putty if you like i use running rigs with flying back leads and the bite indication is ace no problems .

tight lines

 

rich

[nigewoodcock]

Whats the idea behind using running leads with tight lines? Do you catch so many fish that you would rather make things difficult for yourself?

why because not every fishing situation requires a slack line.

 

So what is the situation you are trying to cover? You may get a bit more of a response if you let on a bit more.

[marker]

backleads are ok, the only time i would think about bite indication when using backleads is when fishing to a snag of some kind, otherwise i'm quite happy and i use them for 95% of my fishing

sometimes i use both flying and normal backleads together in order to get my line tight to the bottom, specially in clear water