Rig Safety & Carp Safe Rigs
As a general rule, debates on rigs and the such like are of little interest to me. But I stumbled across a very interesting video when visiting a forum, posted by another user a discussion was fueled – about the safety of leadcore fished with a leadclip.
Again, as a general rule I do not use leadclips on leadcore. One because leadcore is banned on some of the lakes Ifish, but also because I do not feel it is a safe option due to the way that leadcore could cause injury to fish if left in a fish through a cut off in a fight or a crack off/snap up. The motive for the rigs’ construction that I am about to describe.
The rig was thought up by Tom Wright, MD of ATT. An interesting take, considering the amount of bad online carp media leadcore has received recently and published thoughts in the magazines. The video in question:
So to summarise the video of what the rig entails:
- Take your length of leadcore and splice a large ring on one end. Cut a ring off of a ring swivel from the varioustackle manufacturers.
- Slide on your rig tied to a swivel down the bottom of the leadcore – like you would for a helicopter setup
- Slide on your leadclip and tail rubber
- Click the ring from the end of the leader onto the leadclip like you would a lead.
- Put the swivel into the end of your leadclip from your rig – pull the leadcore semi tight to enable you too do this.
- Place a lead onto the clip and push on your tail rubber. You can adjust this for ‘easy ejection’ methods.
The reason this rig has been constructed in this manner is to allow the rig to slide off of the leadcore leader with relative ease should the lead and/or leadclip become snagged. If the latter the leadcore will pass through the tail rubber and leadclip to release the hooklink from the leader. Obviously any excess line attached to the leadcore will also pass through the clip.
In the discussion on the forum, many users expressed their opinions on how weed and other debris can be come attached to the leadcore and prevent the leadcore passing through the clip due to the narrow bores. Do you agree? Do you feel that the bores of these items should be increased for this sort of rig?
Can any of you spot any problems with this rig? It’s relatively new and I would like to see more of this sort of development as leadcore has seen a lot of bad publicity recently because of incorrect use.
When using leadcore, please remember:
- Only use a spliced loop or needle knot to join your leader to your mainline. DO NOT use swivels, clips or knots tied with the leadcore itself.
- Do not use kinked/weakened/damaged leadcore that could hinder the safety aspect of any rig you cast out.
- Do not use when it is banned on waters.
- Consider the lengths you use.
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