chav professor
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Just a thought.... what benefits are there to using a link ledger. I have stopped link ledgering for a number of years now and prefer to gently pinch the shot directly onto the main line straight through to the hook.
I had my doubts about link ledgers for some time and wondered if they work as intended...
If the flow is slow, I can often hold bottom with either no weight or a single swan shot - which in effect I suspect is to all intense and purpose as low a resistance as is possible. Reasonable sized fish would not notice such a small weight.
If you need to increase the weight, so long as the weight is in balance with the flow, when a fish dislodges the weight, it should drop down in the current.
There are two methods of adding the link... four turn water knot (think that is what its called) - a sure weak spot - and the refined method of locking the link ledger in place with rubber stops which whilst offers the flexibility of adjusting the distance between the hook and the link - it is fiddly.
IMO keeping everything as simple as possible actually translates better on the river bed.
Just interested in opinions..... link ledger.... fiddly waste of time? or an essential presentation that trips up fish?
I had my doubts about link ledgers for some time and wondered if they work as intended...
If the flow is slow, I can often hold bottom with either no weight or a single swan shot - which in effect I suspect is to all intense and purpose as low a resistance as is possible. Reasonable sized fish would not notice such a small weight.
If you need to increase the weight, so long as the weight is in balance with the flow, when a fish dislodges the weight, it should drop down in the current.
There are two methods of adding the link... four turn water knot (think that is what its called) - a sure weak spot - and the refined method of locking the link ledger in place with rubber stops which whilst offers the flexibility of adjusting the distance between the hook and the link - it is fiddly.
IMO keeping everything as simple as possible actually translates better on the river bed.
Just interested in opinions..... link ledger.... fiddly waste of time? or an essential presentation that trips up fish?