Now, most of you reading this will have come across this debate in one way or another and I can only express my opinions on Leadcore.

Without doubt it certainly has its uses, mainly pinning the leadcore leader to the lake bed to improve presentation of your hooklink, but the question we're asking is "is it safe?"

I used to be an avid fan of leadcore thinking it was a magic bit of tackle that every angler should have in thier armory but then education set in and because I used to fish a semi fixed rig with Korda Safezone Lead Clips I started asking myself a few questions, one of which was "if the clip fails to release and the line teathers will the clip slide over the sliced loop?" Now I know this should hardly ever happen, but better to be safe than sorry right? and even if it did slip over the Carp will be left trailing leadcore behind it! I've also heard lots of storys about kinking and even to the extreme of people gluing lead clips to the leadcore creating a death rig.

Now I don't know anyone who would purposely create a death rig (although I'm sure there are a few) but there should be no excuse, the internet has a wealth of education on carp fishing and rigs! So, a lack of education? or just pure ignorance?

I have now replaced leadcore for Nash Camo Diffusion leaders. These will sit snug to the bed, sink at a reasonable rate and will blend in with pretty much any lake bed be it silt, gravel or clay.

If you do choose to use Leadcore, please use it with the care of the Carp in mind and ask yourself questions about the safety. Try and think of all the scenarios that could potentially happen.

Tight Lines!