Hooklength materials

[zebs]

Oops soz M8, must have forgotton to put that bit...zebs

[Tom]

I thought it sounded a little excessive for most UK fishing lol

[gazza]

Im using Amnesia at the minute

[zebs]

Just got me some 10lb Merlin and Suffix Camo for my coated along with my IQ that should do me for a while...zebs

[sqwat]

cant beat esp sink link in 18 pound bs the lengh i go for is 5 inches with a little blob of putty half way up i use a 4 ounce squere pear inline always get a one toner

[Tom]

I prefer to go as light as possible and never use much about a 2.5oz lead normally. I think a lot of it is just a preference thing but also a lot of the lakes i fish have deep silt patches so going much over that would pull my bait way down into the black stuff.

[sqwat]

i fish a lake with a lot of silt and that presentation has never let me down the more end takle in the silt the better thats why i use a braided hook length

[Tom]

Another factor is the shape of the lead, dumpy, flat pears etc dont tend to bury themselves so much so i'd say stepping up on that would probably be ok but i'd hate to cast a chod rig on a 4oz and never get the lead out it's happened to me a few times in the past.

[sqwat]

the chod rig or the short rig was invented for fishing short rigs over deep silt so i wouldent have a problem using a heavy lead when fishing in silt but i would if i where fishing into weed

[Tom]

true but im on about the shape of the lead, something like the fox horizon leads would be ok for that but if i were using say a korda distance lead they are a very aerodynamic shape and tend to bury real deep and are a pain to get back out, now if im struggling to pull it back out of the black stuff with a rod then it's possible I could experience a take and the fish wouldnt be able to move the lead either