New Enterprise Tackle Snag Safe Lead Clips
Introduction
I have used the previous version of the Enterprise Snag Safe clips and although I thought they were good bits of kit, they had in my view some shortcomings. Firstly, they broke at too low a pulling pressure for most of my fishing situations, secondly (and this I found more irritating), I found myself having to do quite a bit of retackling after the clip had broken, in order to get a replacement clip onto the mainline. Another thing of concern was I was never quite at ease with casts that involved any more than a short gentle lob just in case Comrade Krakov paid an unexpected visit.
At a recent
local Bristol Barbel Group meeting, I was given a packet of the new lead clips
to have a look at and do a review.
Contents of The Pack
A quick look at the contents indicated that Enterprise had vastly improved
the product with an assortment of items, designed to give you a more versatile
product.
The picture
below shows the pack contents and these perhaps require a little more explanation.
You get:
3 Large bore run rings.
3 Rubber (protect-a-beads) beads.
3 Lengths of silicone tubing.
3 Swivels.
20 Split rings
which consist of 5 each of various release pressures (2 to 3lb, 5 to 6lb,
8 to 9lb and 11 to 12lb). These are presented in two colour forms - small
and large green, small and large clear to help save confusion.
In Use
Thread a suitable split ring onto
the run ring, push the silicone tubing over this and then thread the swivel
of the lead onto the split ring. This is a fairly easy operation although
a tad fiddly. I found that a slight trim to the tube made things a easier.
Some smaller lead swivels will be a bit tight or refuse to fit the required
split ring. To be fair
this is mentioned in the accompanying card with the pack, along with a safety
note concerning possible relase during casting if an inappropriate weight
lead/split clip combination is used.
The
protect-a-beads and swivels are supplied to incorporate in the terminal setup.
Conclusions
Offer improvements and more versatility over the older version, no need for
complete end tackle break down after weight loss - just replace split ring
and weight.
You should be OK with all the 4 split rings with weights that have Size 9 swivels or larger (within reason!).
Weights with
size 10 swivels did not fit the large green split ring, but just about usuable
on the large clear split ring (which according to the provided notes was a
higher pressure release).
There are some ways round this by adding an additional 'third party link'
between the split ring and weight swivel but in most circumstances this should
not be necessary. I used ESP swivels for testing.
Excellent,
well made quality product.
Price
Available in the BFW shop at £1.95 per pack.
Bob Gill
March 2005
