Catch Reports
Nifty Fifty falls to the B5 yet again!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 08th July 2013You really can't keep a good man down! Andy Waller has yet again been using the B5 to spectacular effect on his syndicate water with a number of multiple captures of very big carp.
Andy has just banked the big mirror again (pictured left) this time at 51lb 12oz and would you believe it, this is the 4th time the massive fish has fallen to the B5 during the past couple of years!! And as if that wasn't enough, Andy also banked commons of 39lb 8oz (another B5 repeat) and 27lb 8oz as well as a 38lb 2oz mirror during the same session!
B5....once bitten, forever smitten it would seem!
Backlead use
Back leads can be very advantageous in certain circumstances, particularly on venues that receive lots of pressure from anglers and you need to pin your line down to the lake bed. On such venues, any fish that bump into your lines, can often mean the kiss of death. To avoid this, it's best to pin your lines down. Yes, this can be acheived by using slack lines, but the big disadvantage there is that you will also lose vital bite indication. By dropping on a back lead, you can pin your lines down, yet still keep them semi-tight to register bites. They also minimise the chances of you catching your other lines whilst playing fish back to the bank.
The problem with most back leads however is that in the event of hooking a fish, they don't slide down the line very well, but we can assure you there's no chance of that happening with these!
