In reply to Post #1000
nice tutorial.

However I have one question. In the other thread about the Dangers Of Leadcore it says do NOT use a Lead Clip with leadcore as this makes it a death rig, with pictures of a fish with it all wrapped round it!

so can i or can't i use a lead clip with it, i NEVER use a swivel to tie to the mainline and I wouldn't use any sort os bead that would stop the clip coming off??

Thanks.

In reply to Post #47
fair point scott and points noted, i dont do it that way myself so im not really an expert at the needle knot, but when i have tried it clips etc do pull off. am i right in thinking that people use a blood type knot???

In reply to Post #1000
sorry to repeat what others have put up but.....first off I would never use a lead clip with lead core, this means the hooklink is still attached to the leadcore even though the lead is off....that means your carp is sitting there with 3 feet of 45lb breaking strain leadcore attached to its bottom lip!!!! it's why Marsh Prattley at Orchid Lakes banned the use of it, a 41lb Common was found dead in the reeds tangled up in leadcore.
The hooklink has to come off or don't use it!!

I also agree about the knot used, a needle knot is easy enough to tie and takes a couple of minutes to do.

I have also seen the spliced ends come undone under pressure so I normally melt the end and add superglue before pulling it back inside. Might not be the best method but i've never had one give on me.

for line attachment I prefer the palomar knot

otherwise mate a good article

In reply to Post #1000
i think the most safest way to use leadcore is the heli chod rig its the only time i ever use leadcore only ever use tubing

In reply to Post #1000
It doesn't get much clearer than that.

In reply to Post #46
In reply to people still using a swivel to attatch mainline to the leadcore, perhaps the diagram was ment the other way around, the swivel being used to attatch a hook link? Still not a great way of using leadcore i agree, as the fish is still left with the leadcore and no way of ridding it.

In reply to Post #53
The diagram is not included for people to attach their mainline to the swivel that is for lead clips / running lead set ups etc

In reply to Post #1000
Well done
that is a very easy to follow article with excellent photos. its by far the best explanation I have seen regarding this particular subject, including those published in some very expensive magazines

In reply to Post #1000
Gr8 guide thanks alot

In reply to Post #50
Thanks for that Nick!!

I had a leadcore loop on a chod rig go on me on the cast and the 3 oz lead went straight up in the air and landed 3 feet away from me (in the Dark with me the only angler on the lake at the time). I was looking around for quite some time and then THUD!!

I was bloody furious at the time and for 2 day's later and if the ebayer I bought it from had been within reach??? well you get the picture!!

NEVER EVER trust another anglers loops or knots!! if you do remember what happened to me - or could have done!! if I had moved 3 feet forward!!

In reply to Post #2
Excellent mate and spot on. I've been doing my own leadcore for about a year now. I personally only use on heli's myself. No matter what you use, these always going to be numpty's who don't listen and learn and use things that are dangerous to the fish. We've all seen them on the banks. My Dad was microwaving hemp

In reply to Post #1000
ive just started using lead core ,it works but when u splice it what keeps the loop from slipping , i cant get my head round it

In reply to Post #1158
As long as youve spliced a good length, 1 and half inches for me, the splice acts like the chinese finger trap. (if youve ever heard of that?)

As the outer is pulled tight it grips the inner very tightly.

In reply to Post #1159
So from where the needle enters the leadcore to where it exits and pulls back through should be about a inchn half !

In reply to Post #1160


(IMO anyhows)