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Anyone use this type of feeder link
- Thread starter Iain Tutt
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Steve Lewis
Senior Member
Not that exact one, but that type of link was popular for both feeders and ledger weights when I started fishing back in the 90s and, indeed, I used them myself an awful lot.
These days I prefer to have the feeder (or ledger weight) straight onto the running bead and running on the mainline (i.e. get shot of the long red plastic bit) and have some form of anti-tangle tubing lower down on the hooklength (kept in place by slipping one end of the tube tight over the swivel eye). I find I get a lot less tangles that way. Of course, if you've got mainline straight through that's not possible, but I still prefer to have the feeder/weight straight on the line.
But it probably just comes down to personal preference.
These days I prefer to have the feeder (or ledger weight) straight onto the running bead and running on the mainline (i.e. get shot of the long red plastic bit) and have some form of anti-tangle tubing lower down on the hooklength (kept in place by slipping one end of the tube tight over the swivel eye). I find I get a lot less tangles that way. Of course, if you've got mainline straight through that's not possible, but I still prefer to have the feeder/weight straight on the line.
But it probably just comes down to personal preference.
Graham Elliott
Senior Member & Supporter
Steve. I'm very similar.
Enterprise Snag free runner with a link swivel attached for the feeder/lead.
Running down to a rubber tulip bead over the size 8 swivel (must be rolling type to prevent line catching)
Hooklink attached to swivel. Very simple and safe.
Enterprise Snag free runner with a link swivel attached for the feeder/lead.
Running down to a rubber tulip bead over the size 8 swivel (must be rolling type to prevent line catching)
Hooklink attached to swivel. Very simple and safe.
Peter Brownbill
Senior Member
I've used these for feeder fishing for bream
Cause no tangles at all, the ones above look like there using power gum
Mine have Thick mono and a better bead than that one in the picture
Ideal for feeder work on resovoirs.
Cause no tangles at all, the ones above look like there using power gum
Mine have Thick mono and a better bead than that one in the picture
Ideal for feeder work on resovoirs.