semi boyant boilies

[madcow]

thank you devondave and mithrandir for senisable advice as i did not want to use lead in the boilies as the lakes are in the middle of nowhere eg farm, nature park etc

[mithrandir]

middle of nowhere lakes. in dorset?? that sounds interesting.

Might dust off my carp gear and try them out if they are not private.

[devondave]

yes as mike said a popup weighted back does the same job

i find a size 8 swivel pushed into the drilled out hollow of a popup does the job

[NICK R]

or a pop up weighted back with some shot.

Exactly the same thing i said .

I will stick to putting my wire into them ,
They are only microscopic pieces

Think you may also find that this is what the majority of anglers do ,I could name some very well anglers that do use this method

[madcow]

nick please name the well known anglers then. As all the well known one that i know about like dereck richie,'the dom' and matt hayes and the ones that have been fishing since the early eighties have never used lead in the baits and in the mags when people have asked they all say"no"

[NICK R]

when people have asked they all say"no"

Of course they do the same as they say they never do other things .
Article by very well respected angler
http://www.carp-uk.net/articles/tigernuts/tigernuts.htm
Do a search the are plenty of articles where anglers use either solder wire or lead core wire


and by the way i was carp fishing in the late 60,s