Lead Moulds
Thinking of getting some Lead Moulds and making my own Leads in the summer. 1oz and 2oz in a gripper style.(with the hole in middle great for plugging with paste) Any help on were to buy from and get...
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www.dlst.co.uk/moulds.html This is Dave Lumb's web site- he comes on here a fair bit I see these days - pike fishing hero dude.
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I'm no mug, barbel are much easier to catch than pike. I don't have a 1oz gripper mould though - smallest is 2oz.----------- They're only fish...
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Powder coat looks all nice and good in your hand but try collecting some of the gravel/sand from the river bed that you are fishing, have done this myself dried it out, stick it on your leads with...
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hi,dead right shippo.done all mine like that,my hooks are in cameo though.derek.
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Dear Lumbie, You simply can't be serious. Pike are no where near as clever as barbel and Pike are riduculously easy to catch. Live bait, dead bait, wobble, swish plop, will take any Pike with ease....
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Yeah. Super bright. Only fish that I have caught four times in one day, and a pal three more times the day after...
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But barbel are sooooo predictable, and eat and eat (anything you put in front of them). Whereas pike are enigmatic and eat once a week if you're lucky.----------- They're only fish...
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Ok Lads it good to hear your points of veiw on Barbel or Pike. But this topic was for Lead Moulds. Thanks all, can we get back on the topic Tight Lines and Happy Barbel Fishing
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1) Heat the moulds well before pouring any lead into them. You don't want them cold or (God forbid) wet, otherwise you will get spat upon with molten lead. 2) Melt lead in a thick-bottomed old...
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The old fishing-books prescribed an overnight soak in domestic vinegar. Sure works.
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Spot on Paul,Great Reply and good tip. Tight Lines and Happy Barbel Fishing
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Will the lead cause a almighty stink in the kitchen has our peggy has banned me already this season for other things like special bait and hemp cooking Billy
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Billy The lead will stink if its old lead [from pipes] that has paint on it. I melt mine in a paint kettle from B & Q over the kitchen stove. Skim off the muck that floats on the top with an old...
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Made several years ago. Cut various lengths of heavy copper water pipe longitudinally in half with a hacksaw. Clamp the corespnding halves together. Melt lead. Have a loop ready clamped in a set of...
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No. Make that many. Got the idea from an old boy *stll alive) who taught me much about fishing. He used to make his sea leads this way, plus by filling a length of scrap pipe with cement / fine...
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