Terminal Tackle

It’s been a long time coming, but the eagerly anticipated COG (Centre Of Gravity) lead system is finally here and I reckon it looks a winner. The unique system, which features some extra components and a recess in the top of the lead itself,offers the hooking potential of an inline lead but with the ejection qualities of a lead-clip arrangement. I can’t remember the last time I used a lead clip as, many moons ago, I ran some tests on various lead setups and found the lead clip to be the absolute worst in terms of hooking and bite indication. Okay, it drops the lead efficiently, but in all other areas I just don’t rate a lead clip at all.

Tungsten-weighted rig tubing in two colours – Weed Green and Gravel Brown – it is supple, extremely heavy and, importantly, very easy to thread. Each pack contains two metres. KordaDark Matter TubingRRP: £4. 99Website: www.

For a very long time now I, and I’m sure many, many others, have played around with various ways of trying to eject the lead when using a helicopter rig. The problem has always been that to secure the lead on the cast, but then be able to eject it when needed, has not been an easy thing to achieve. The key there is ‘when needed’ because there have been a few systems created but mostly they dump the lead on every retrieve – a massive bugbear of mine. However, Korda has come up with a virtually foolproof system that does exactly what you need it to and you can switch from retaining the lead to dropping it very easily.

TC reader Dean Sharp says: "I already use this line so I was chuffed when Marc Coulson sent me three spools to review. It didn’t take me long to decide what to say because I absolutely love the stuff. "It’s relatively supple so is easy to use and, like any fluorocarbon, it is near invisible in water. When I first switched to using it around seven months ago my fishing was transformed when compared with using coated-braid hook links.

Ready-tied leaders made from the impressive Kable leadcore. They’re available in both Kable colour variations, and in lead-clip and ring-swivel versions, the latter being designed for use with inline leads. For more information go to www. korda.

Having been developed and stringently tested by Korda’s product-development guru Tom Dove, the Krank hook range has been designed taking the best bits from some classic carp hooks and amalgamating them. The result is a strong-wired hook, with an aggressive sweeping shank to improve its turning ability. Couple this with a huge gape for improved hooking and an offset point to keep the hook planted during a hard fight, and you have a brilliant addition to Korda’s illustrious range. Tom is known for his simple rigs and the Krank certainly maintains this ethos because a simple knotless-knot presentation will get the best from the hook.

Tc Reader Steve Morris From Manchester Says: I do plenty of surface fishing and I’m a stickler for using the right gear. Until these arrived I’d not actually used them before. I thought they looked great as I opened the first of the three that I had been sent and my good first impressions continued when I set the middle-sized, 15g, float up, which was a doddle. It cast out accurately and without too much fuss but I have to say that it sat so low in the water that I did occasionally struggle to pick it out, unless fishing at very close range.