A Review By M.A.Roe (courtesy of www.anglersnet.co.uk)

This is one of those ideas that makes you wonder why nobody has though of it before.

Here is a small invention that will save anglers a good deal of money and reduce their blood pressure when fishing over snaggy ground!

In the past we have had to use 'Rotten Bottom' rigs and suffer heavy tackle losses when fishing amongst rocks and other snags until now.

In tests this weight was cast over snaggy ground 100 times and only one weight was lost. The lead equivalent suffered a 100% loss rate.

The manufacturer guarantees that this weight will pull out of any snag.
If the weight gets too badly snagged to come free with a single pull then the weight has a 'pulse' action which will free it, the angler pulls and releases tension on the line several times and the weight will pull free.

The weight is less dense than lead, which combined with a smooth profile tends to prevent snagging in the first place and allows the weight to lift off from the bottom more quickly than the lead equivalent.

You can attach the weight directly to your trace, as there is no need for a 'Rotten Bottom' link.

The weights are available in a range of sizes from ¼ oz to 6ozs which means that they will be of interest to the coarse angler as well as the sea angler.






STRETCHY WEIGHTS
(Courtesy of Total Sea Fishing letters page.)

Dear Jim,

I had the opportunity to try a new type of weight while fishing the European Championships at Weymouth recently.

It's called a Stretchaway and is produced by Castaway Tackle Ltd.

It was designed originally for beach work where the ground is rocky and tackle losses were high. I tried it from the boat I was fishing from because of the amount of tackle that was being lost.

It seemed very strange to use at first, especialy when retrieving from the rocks. As pressure is applied, the weight stretches, becomes thinner and frees itself from the snag.

After using it for a while I got used to it and never lost any more tackle that day.

Because of the way the weight is manufactured it retains a certain amount of bouyancy so when I hooked something I ended up playing the fish and not the weight, which was an added bonus.

Since then I have tried the new weights from the shore and was well impressed with the way they work there as well.

From now on I will be carrying a couple in my tackle box for certain areas where I know I can utilise their special properties.

Anyone who fishes rough ground regularly should give these weights a try as they really work.