Andy Macfarlane 58 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) I don't believe they make any difference either but I can definitely see a reason for using them if you're losing leads a lot. There's an awful lot of lead lost to snags etc. and it must drive the drive the price up, albeit slowly and it isn't very eco-friendly to deliberately lose lead. I don't lose that much lead to be honest, so for me, I don't know that I'd gain anything from it. I use 3-4 oz weight for pike fishing, even when fishing the margins. I simply think heavy leads help clean runs. Anything less is moved to easily if you ask me and that's a change in resistance in my opinion. 3-4oz of stone is an awful big rock. Edited December 1, 2008 by Andy Macfarlane ¤«Thʤ«PÔâ©H¤MëíTë®»¤ Click HERE for in-fighting, scrapping, name-calling, objectional and often explicit behaviour and cakes. Mind your tin-hat Click HERE for Tench Fishing World forums "I envy not him that eats better meat than I do, nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do. I envy nobody but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do" ...Izaac Walton... "It looked a really nice swim betwixt weedbed and bank" ...Vagabond... Link to post Share on other sites
Miggy 0 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I dont think the fish can read anyway so it shouldnt spook them! "2 ounce... Screw that!!" Link to post Share on other sites
Neil G 6 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Defiantely good from and eco and money point of view. I dread to think how much lead is on the bottom of my local river, unbelievably snaggy Link to post Share on other sites
medwaygreen 3 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The adhesive is important and the suggestion of Araldite and two part epoxy are correct, the most important and costly part is the vice to hold the stones whist drilling them, a stone flying through your garage at X thousand revolution can cause a lot a damage, if not death. Should you be using flint stone then i am not sure that a masonry bit will be man enough for the job? Fishing seems to be my favorite form of loafing. "Even a bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work." I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. What do you think if the float does not dip, try again I think. Link to post Share on other sites
bluerinse 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 As a kid I used to collect flint stone of the beach at Hastings, these would have holes in them were chalk had been but had washed out in the sea, I then used to ties a bit of line through the hole and add a swivle, I used these for sea fishing. I still have one in my sea tackle box, it must be 35 years ago when i collected it. The benifit was that I used to lose a lot of weight fishing over rock ground in the sea, these were free and did the job. As an aside I also used to use my dads old spark plugs for sea weights. The adhesive is important and the suggestion of Araldite and two part epoxy are correct, the most important and costly part is the vice to hold the stones whist drilling them, a stone flying through your garage at X thousand revolution can cause a lot a damage, if not death.Should you be using flint stone then i am not sure that a masonry bit will be man enough for the job? Jasper Carrot On birmingham city " You lose some you draw some" Link to post Share on other sites
chavender 16 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 if you don't want to mess around with drills and things ,there are alternative forms of attachment paperclip method banded Pebble Method ChavenderI try to be funny... but sometimes I merely look it! Steve Link to post Share on other sites
REBORN 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hi, slightly off subject, but how about putting a stone in a PVA bag to get casting weight when freelining a bait? Reborn Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Macfarlane 58 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 That would work yes. ¤«Thʤ«PÔâ©H¤MëíTë®»¤ Click HERE for in-fighting, scrapping, name-calling, objectional and often explicit behaviour and cakes. Mind your tin-hat Click HERE for Tench Fishing World forums "I envy not him that eats better meat than I do, nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do. I envy nobody but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do" ...Izaac Walton... "It looked a really nice swim betwixt weedbed and bank" ...Vagabond... Link to post Share on other sites
Angly 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Not a bad idea, although I should mention that if the motivation is financial then lead can be sourced quite legally for free (I'm not telling, get your own supply, but it's no big secret!). If environmental concerns are the driving force, and that's very commendable, does anyone have any data regards the effects of larger lead weights in our waterways? Geoff Link to post Share on other sites
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