Camouflaging your lead

Lord Paul of Sheffield · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 12:49

To what length do you go to in order to camouflage your lead?

Glue sand on it, soak in a bucket of river water and slit?

Just use a plain lead - do you think this effects your results

little oik · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 12:53

For gods sake what with having differculty finding all my other realtree'd tackle .I even have just at great expense had all my rods spray finished in Duck egg blue

Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC) · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 12:55

Paul

Do you mean for barbel fishing or just normal fishing?

I did camouflage my leads once, but now I can't find them.

Graham Elliott 1 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 14:44

At last. A post with no hidden meaning.

Lord Paul of Sheffield · #5 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 14:55

I've fished the Rother for barbel and/or chub and caught on a plain lead - admittedly one that had had a lot of use, and never bothered with trying to mask it, but I've got some Stonze and might give them a go

mol · #6 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 16:18

To my eyes an uncoat lead that has weathered is by far the hardest to spot.

TBH I'm not convinced that fish are put off just by a lead, a fish will be completely unaware of what a lead is or what it's actually used for. A bit of bait and patience goes further in building fishes confidence than fancy end tackle IMO

Jeff Woodhouse · #7 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 16:44

It doesn't matter one bit. Amongst all the other leads I've lost already in a swim another one makes no difference whatsoever.

little oik · #8 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 17:04

Didn't Bob Roberts do a bit on Barbel fishing with a bright blue plastic toy within inches of his bait and took footage of the results .Just wish he pops in to see this thread and explain the outcome of it all .

beerweasel · #9 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 17:13

Just use a lead the same size and colour of a boilie, that will fool em.

If leads spook them what about feeders and PVA string etc.

Fishingdownthewindy · #10 (**permalink**) 10-02-2012, 19:04

Here’s a few

Araldite gravel and or sand from the lake, river stream etc to your lead.

Araldite a snap swivel to a pebble or stone once dry from where you’re fishing and off you go.

Keep your leads in a tub/bucket of pellets this tones them down a little and makes them smell all lovely and pellety at least for a short while.

If you have some new shiny "camo leads" rub the paint down a little with some fine sanding paper.

Glue some of that fake weed stuff to them

Keep them in your garden pond, put yoghurt on stones etc they will soon look green enough and slimy.

Does it work....if it is a placebo effect or not, confidence is king.