LEAD AND TUNGSTEN RIG PUTTY

rig putty is a great product from kryston and when it first came out i used to use it just for my rigs but now i use it for all manner of little tricks while out fishing

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i use little bits on my hook lengths to nail them down hard on the bottom

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i also like to use it when i,m fishing with tubing tubing and again i just rap some small pieces around it at various points to nail it hard on to the bottom

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regardless that you can buy products like the safe zone from KORDA that has lead putty impregnated into the tubing or the esp tubing or Nash that again incoporate tungsten in to them i still like to put it on my self as that way you are working to the fishing situation on the day and with the above product you are buying it already done and in some fishing situations this might not be right but for most they are ok

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now i like to fish on running rigs and i like to use a flouro carbon leader the reason being is two fold one its heavier and will sink on the bottom and the other it is invisible now thats ok but i do feel it does not lay totally hard on the bottom and i came up with a little trick that helps to nail it hard on the bottom by using rig putty on the flouro carbon although i,m doing this i,m not bothered about losing that it will now not be invisible trust me i drop this in the margins and i cannot see one covered

firstly get your line

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and than get the rig putty you want to use i like to use the brown this blends really well with the bottom of the lake you are fishing

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need a piece between your finger to get it soft then rap it around your line holding the line taught

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now squeeze the putty firm on to your line and slowly draw it up and down the line keeping tension on the putty with your fingers and do this to the length you want to cover i do about 4 ft

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after you have done this a few times you will see that the line has taken on a very thin layer of the putty and will become heavy should look like this

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after a few attempt you will find by taking off a bit of pressure when drawing the putty up your line you can get less on one end and you will see this by the colouration becoming lighter one end
this will now sink like a stone and nail your line down around the the lead hopefully now allowing the carp to not detect it

regards
kevin

Great info there Kev. I just use tungsten leaders with back leads but I'm sure I will have a go at this in the future.

I made the post sticky too!

yes very good info kev keep em coming

nice job Kevin

Top job there Kevin. Thats one more thing for me to get now.

I was out carping this weekend and a couple of lads came around to have a look at my setup as caught within the first 10min and a new pb, and they asked why I was using rig putty on my leader .................and I told them...............its what Kev does it

well done on your new pb woody

thank you woody i,m glad i,m helping you soon will be a fully fledge carper with all the BLING !!

regards
kevin

thats some clever info there kev i think we have the next mr fairbrass

don,t want to be like him

regards
kevin

nice one Kev,
i spent a bloody fortune after reading the FOX book on making rigs, bought the coretex,leadcore etc. etc.
but the one thing i didn't by was the lead putty,so now after reading your post i am defo makin it part of my kit.
many thanks,
Brian

like to use a flouro carbon leader the reason being is two fold one its heavier and will sink on the bottom and the other it is invisible

If its invisible, why apply the putty like you do? Might as well use normal mono.

yes i could use mono but i don,t
i don,t apply it all the time to the flouro carbon its will depends whether i feel the need to on that given venue or session but i feel confident when i do it

kev

tackle tart wrote:yes i could use mono but i don,t
i don,t apply it all the time to the flouro carbon its will depends whether i feel the need to on that given venue or session but i feel confident when i do it

kev

Also with a lot of carp fishing if you confident in what your doing it can help you sit on your hands and get that all important fish on the bank. I will also add you can’t do enough with pinning you rigs and lines down. When you watch the under water videos the fish can spook as soon as its tail hits a line or rig so I cant see that it hurts.

Just dont buy the Fox putty as its not very maluble

Woodchucker wrote:Just dont buy the Fox putty as its not very maluble

Heat it up in the palm of your hands that helps.