As a competitive artlure angler I saw the benefit and advantage in creating my own custom lead heads/loodkoppe … whatever you want to call them for catching catfish/barbel and carp in South African waters.
My Inspiration
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My Inspiration
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I did a lot of online research and pulled in a lot of ideas from various facets of angling, and finally I started to make the first prototypes.
I didn’t want to be limited to a mould, as I wanted the freedom to be able to make lead heads with different hook sizes and weights. So I decided to use items that one could easily buy from almost any tackle shop, and tools and items from around the home.
I’m going to show how I make a large catfish lead head, but hooks, weights and materials can easily be scaled up and down as required to make smaller ones for carp.
The Shopping List
Size 4/0 strong, long-shank, wide gap hooks (e.g. Mustad 34007 or Mustad 4826A)
18 gram (+/- 5/8 oz) round ball sinker weights (various sizes available in the rock & surf or papgooi sections in tackle shops)
That’s about all the terminal tackle you’ll need …
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