As we all know, the use of leadcore is part of our terminal tackle and It is very important to ensure a neat and safe splice in the ends of leadcore, so that the inline lead/insert assembly or (for that matter) the safety clip assembly passes over it without snaging.
Thus allowing the Carp to only swim off in the event of a mainline snapage, with a leadcore leader instead of a chunk of lead attached, only to be snagged somewhere else in the dam, which could proove fatal to the fish.
To do this, a pair of braid scissors, small splicing needle and tension bar is needed.
Hold the leadcore in your left hand between your pinky and thumb, move your thumb back sothat the leadcore protrudes about 70mm, snip the lead off and without moving the clamp your pinky has, move the outer shield forward with your thumb again.
Now you have a length of shield without lead, to take out the slack in the leadcore shield, run it between your fingers toward the stripped end. Take your small splicing needle and stab the shielding just where the lead stops, enter the shielding and run the needle up about 15mm, and exit the side of the shield.
Now, hook the tag end of the shield onto the splicing needle about 5-6mm from the end, if its fraid, snip the fraid end off first. make sure the hook of the needle has penetrated the shield.
Now, latch the lever over on the splicing needle and lubricate the tag end and where the shield is on the needle generously with spit, proceed to pull the tag end back through the shield, manipulating it carefully as not to break the needle or drop the tag end, rubbing the outer shield towards the loop will help as this makes the shield diameter bigger. Be gentle, and it will come thru, just keep rubbing it toward the loop and applying a small amount of pressure on the needle.
Once you have the tag end out of the shield, adjust the size of the loop, then, unhook the splicing needle, trim the tag end excess as close to the shield as possible.
Now, by using a tension bar, which is put in the formed loop, pull the leadcore main lead, and see that the tag end pops into the shield, you may have to rub the shield a bit. The more you pull on the leadcore the tighter it clamps up, normally forming a smooth flawless splice.
Do this to both ends of the leader without any hardware attached.
Rest asured this method will not pull loose, you dont need to burn tag ends, or even glue the splice, it has a natural clamping effect when loaded and will not come loose when handling, unloaded. Brilliant!
To attach a swivel, use the loop to loop method, by threading the leader through the swivel eye and back through the other loop of the leadcore, pull tight and your swivel is attached. note here, that it has more load bearing area than a knot would have, eg. theoretically, two holds on the swivel, and the bends arent as sharp as a normal knot would have.
Also, move the loop sothat it comes off the back of the swivel eye, in other words, that it looks like it is wraped around the part that comes out of the barrelswivel and is just threaded through the swivel eye. This makes it easier to connect the inline insert or safety clip to the swivel, also the t-bar fits easier, if used.
Hope this helped and happy angling, tight lines! :sha
Thus allowing the Carp to only swim off in the event of a mainline snapage, with a leadcore leader instead of a chunk of lead attached, only to be snagged somewhere else in the dam, which could proove fatal to the fish.
To do this, a pair of braid scissors, small splicing needle and tension bar is needed.
Hold the leadcore in your left hand between your pinky and thumb, move your thumb back sothat the leadcore protrudes about 70mm, snip the lead off and without moving the clamp your pinky has, move the outer shield forward with your thumb again.
Now you have a length of shield without lead, to take out the slack in the leadcore shield, run it between your fingers toward the stripped end. Take your small splicing needle and stab the shielding just where the lead stops, enter the shielding and run the needle up about 15mm, and exit the side of the shield.
Now, hook the tag end of the shield onto the splicing needle about 5-6mm from the end, if its fraid, snip the fraid end off first. make sure the hook of the needle has penetrated the shield.
Now, latch the lever over on the splicing needle and lubricate the tag end and where the shield is on the needle generously with spit, proceed to pull the tag end back through the shield, manipulating it carefully as not to break the needle or drop the tag end, rubbing the outer shield towards the loop will help as this makes the shield diameter bigger. Be gentle, and it will come thru, just keep rubbing it toward the loop and applying a small amount of pressure on the needle.
Once you have the tag end out of the shield, adjust the size of the loop, then, unhook the splicing needle, trim the tag end excess as close to the shield as possible.
Now, by using a tension bar, which is put in the formed loop, pull the leadcore main lead, and see that the tag end pops into the shield, you may have to rub the shield a bit. The more you pull on the leadcore the tighter it clamps up, normally forming a smooth flawless splice.
Do this to both ends of the leader without any hardware attached.
Rest asured this method will not pull loose, you dont need to burn tag ends, or even glue the splice, it has a natural clamping effect when loaded and will not come loose when handling, unloaded. Brilliant!
To attach a swivel, use the loop to loop method, by threading the leader through the swivel eye and back through the other loop of the leadcore, pull tight and your swivel is attached. note here, that it has more load bearing area than a knot would have, eg. theoretically, two holds on the swivel, and the bends arent as sharp as a normal knot would have.
Also, move the loop sothat it comes off the back of the swivel eye, in other words, that it looks like it is wraped around the part that comes out of the barrelswivel and is just threaded through the swivel eye. This makes it easier to connect the inline insert or safety clip to the swivel, also the t-bar fits easier, if used.
Hope this helped and happy angling, tight lines! :sha