Lead Weights
Maybe its something to do with my Yorkshire origins but I'm increasingly reluctant to fork out for lead weights in tackle shops,especially the coated carp type jobs at a quid,and the rest,each. Anyone...
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Another dodge is to use a paperclip - easy to bend and holds the 'cine quite well. Cheers Bob
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Ray, my youngest boy went mental today looking for his little tin box of Plasticine, Told him I'd get him some more at Christmas. Mark. p.s are you going to the Lodden ?.
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Thanks Bob, good tip. Mark,I'm 99% sure to be on the Loddon. Art shops, thats the place to get the Plasticine. Rayo
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Ray, The Plasticine revolution is here. Been mucking about with the stuff some what and had some interesting results. Get some bird grit, the kind you buy for budgies or canaries for their digestion...
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Just a thought! Mark, wont this produce a danger of excessive abrasion to the line?. .....Liam.
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hi liam, in answer to your question quite simply NO-- unless the grains are made of wye rocks ....j.w.
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Hi John, I think that some plasticine would have solved a few problems for me, that day on the Wye. Now that I am home, I have been thinking of lots of things that I wish that I could try. I think...
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hi liam, willdo as asked but will probably end up moving the rocks in general direction of the lovely people who decide to go for a swim where your fishing! seriously though me minds bin workin...
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Hi Liam, there would be no abrasion to the line as the plasticine is molded onto a running swivel bead to which brass wire is twisted to make a frame. Thinking on it maybe you could use those pear...
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Talking rubbish chaps, the later would snag as do the leads. Mark. (plonker)
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I am surprised that someone has not designed and marketed a rig for it yet Mark. Or have they?. ......Liam
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Fished with Plasticine all day yesterday in very snaggy area, lost three lumps of it, probably cost me about twenty pence. Had they been lead weights, it would have been about £3's worth. Rayo
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You can add some fine sand to virtually double the weight, but overdoing it will dry out the plasticine out and it will break up. I always fish it direct and pinched on the line and is designed to...
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That's one of the advantages--the colours available, I'm using a grey one at the moment, goes well with the stones etc on the riverbed. Rayo PS Ray, do you only use it for rolling. The problem I see...
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I guess the simplest running rig that you could have Ray would be a piece of plastic straw and a line stop. .....Liam
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Rayo..I use it for rolling and static fishing. The barbel always picks the bait up with it's lips so by holding the rod, i can detect the pick ups or small pulls and strike or let the bite progress a...
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Ray, Is this modeling Plasticine you use as opposed to the kid's stuff ? Do you know if the brand that you recommend is widely available, I remember trying to buy some from a large model shop in the...
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Cheers Ray, the things you can do with a bit of plasticine eh! Can't wait for tomorrow to carry on trying it. Terry, you can/should be able to get it from any Art Shop,it comes with all sorts of brand...
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Cheers Rayo, Unfortunately I did get some modelling clay once , but it was just that, clay, did'nt last long in the water but did colour it up for abit !! Terry
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