New ideas with Lead core

And it's set me thinking.

In the recent book on Roach, published by Medlar Press and written by Mark Everard, Mark writew about using a masonry nail as a weight when trotting.

I think that a length of lead core might be even better, especially Kryston's new lead core which is very dense indeed, and can be attached to the line very easily.

And would fall through the water very well too.

This, as the main weight for cocking the float, followed by a number of Stotz shots could be the business when fishing a delicate stick float. It would provide reduced resistance whan striking.

It could even make olivettes obselete.

Very interesting indeed.

Could floats soon be given a rating in lengths of leadcore instead of 3BB or 2AA?

I'm going to give the lead free approach a try on this nice carp lake I know come the spring.

Ron,
I think that I read somewhere that it was illegal to use lead as a weight under 1oz and above that of shot size eight.
If this is so where does leadcore stand in this in general usage?
Food for thought,
Tommo

I don't think that lead core comes into it at all.

Ok, just wondering.

Newark Needle Float mk2 ?