Decided this year to lose any form of leader and just fish with a lead clip, 20lb Fluor straight through, however would like 2/3 blobs of putty a couple of foot behind the lead just to help it stay down. Always used Kryston but didn't seem that good last time I tried it. Any recommendations for the heaviest putty tht stays on well?
In reply to Post #1
Dare i say it, nash putty is decent
In fact, its the only good thing that they do imo
Dare i say it, nash putty is decent
In fact, its the only good thing that they do imo
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Have to agree and say Nash aswell. Best by a long shot for me.
Have to agree and say Nash aswell. Best by a long shot for me.
Anyone used the Bank tackle stuff ?
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Esp for me
Esp for me
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Nash for me aswell,bit pricey for what it is though..what I do when fishing naked
is tie a sliding stop knot up the line a bit with a swan shot pinched onto one of the tag ends. or a mate of mine puts 2 or 3 lengths of 2 inch tungsten tubing on the line that slide up the line at different intervals when casting out..
Nash for me aswell,bit pricey for what it is though..what I do when fishing naked
is tie a sliding stop knot up the line a bit with a swan shot pinched onto one of the tag ends. or a mate of mine puts 2 or 3 lengths of 2 inch tungsten tubing on the line that slide up the line at different intervals when casting out..
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Why dont you put some small korda line sinkers on the line and that will give you something to mould the putty on. I find the dark matter putty pretty good
Why dont you put some small korda line sinkers on the line and that will give you something to mould the putty on. I find the dark matter putty pretty good
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Only purchase I had from them Gerry were I wasn't impressed. Was rock hard and couldn't get a decent piece off to use.
Luckily I still had some original Heavy Metal in the box so have been using that when needed.
Have got some of the ESP stuff and that seems perfectly fine.
Only purchase I had from them Gerry were I wasn't impressed. Was rock hard and couldn't get a decent piece off to use.
Luckily I still had some original Heavy Metal in the box so have been using that when needed.
Have got some of the ESP stuff and that seems perfectly fine.
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I used to love heavy metal, but heard it went downhill. Got some Korda dark matter and was not impressed. I use a fluro leader with pieces up the length. Each time I reeled in and not even dragging through weed ect, most if not all had slipped to the bottom or come off. I got some from I think ‘affordable angling' was about £3-4, yesh it's a bugger to break off and initially start, but it sticks and stays on, is heavy and cheap so can't grumble (prob very similar to other cheaper brands)
I used to love heavy metal, but heard it went downhill. Got some Korda dark matter and was not impressed. I use a fluro leader with pieces up the length. Each time I reeled in and not even dragging through weed ect, most if not all had slipped to the bottom or come off. I got some from I think ‘affordable angling' was about £3-4, yesh it's a bugger to break off and initially start, but it sticks and stays on, is heavy and cheap so can't grumble (prob very similar to other cheaper brands)
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But wasn't the original Heavy Metal hard and you softened it up by sitting it on the kettle or similar? Yes the Dark Matter is terrible stuff. The HM used to be the best because of the amount of tungsten they used to put in it, even had their own machine to make it, I remember recently reading an article in an old Carpworld all about it so don't know what happened to that?
But wasn't the original Heavy Metal hard and you softened it up by sitting it on the kettle or similar? Yes the Dark Matter is terrible stuff. The HM used to be the best because of the amount of tungsten they used to put in it, even had their own machine to make it, I remember recently reading an article in an old Carpworld all about it so don't know what happened to that?
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But wasn't the original Heavy Metal hard and you softened it up by sitting it on the kettle or similar?
Yes it is/was but the Bank Tackle stuff IMO was on another level.
But wasn't the original Heavy Metal hard and you softened it up by sitting it on the kettle or similar?
Yes it is/was but the Bank Tackle stuff IMO was on another level.
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Some of the really cheap stuff goes molten if it gets hot, can't remember the brands off hand, but the ones plastered all over the Facebook groups with their one field tester claiming it to be the dogs while holding up an 8lb carp.
Some of the really cheap stuff goes molten if it gets hot, can't remember the brands off hand, but the ones plastered all over the Facebook groups with their one field tester claiming it to be the dogs while holding up an 8lb carp.
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Bought the nash putty last year. During the hot summer, it has molten. My rigbox was a complete sticky mess due to the molten putty
Bought the nash putty last year. During the hot summer, it has molten. My rigbox was a complete sticky mess due to the molten putty
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ah right, luckily I still have some of the Kryston putty from when they first went over to the new packaging a few years ago and it seems ok to me
EDIT: I've found the article I'll scan it and put it up
ah right, luckily I still have some of the Kryston putty from when they first went over to the new packaging a few years ago and it seems ok to me
EDIT: I've found the article I'll scan it and put it up
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Here you go, click on the thumbnails
Here you go, click on the thumbnails