Catch Reports
Stunning Linear!
Posted in Catch Reports on 12th May 2011Long time Essential Bait user Jamie Robb has been making some long trips down from 'up north' to fish at Stoneacres and recently decided to give the new Black Snail a go - he wasn't disappointed!!
Jamie decided to fish the far marging over a bed of chopped Black Snail and was soon rewarded with an 18lb 4oz mirror followed by this absoloutely stunning 30lb 12oz linear. We don't think it will be too long before Jamie meets a few of the lake's big residents!
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!
