I’m intrigued too to hear what people say. When I read forums my impression is that a lot of people use running rigs but when I search the web for articles/videos on rigs, it’s most often fixed lead setups I find. And when I see people fishing, or their photos online I rarely see people fishing slack lines. I know that doesn’t necessarily rule out a running rig.
Personally I prefer a semi-fixed running rig, fished slack. Mostly because I don’t feel happy with the idea of dumping leads. Some say bite indication suffers, which might possibly hold true in winter, and also with weed around I don’t go too slack, but otherwise I’ve never really had problems.
I do use a fixed lead / tight line for chod rigs, for obvious reasons, but then I’m not dumping the lead. I use the classic lead clip setup rarely, if at all nowadays.
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