Natural Stone Legers
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Natural Stone Legers
Can anyone give me details of anyone who supplies these or give me instructions how to make my own. I presume I need a diamond tipped drill? Does anyone on TFF make them?
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
Check out ebay, or just glue a swivel yo a stone.
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
https://www.pallatrax.co.uk/product/swi ... e-weights/Penninelad wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:30 am Can anyone give me details of anyone who supplies these or give me instructions how to make my own. I presume I need a diamond tipped drill? Does anyone on TFF make them?
I use them for ledgering, I really like the 1/2oz ones
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
I have some that are yet to be used - but - do they make a difference? In crystal clear water, Test/Itchen, I think they could but in the muddy R. Thames - ??
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
Another option is to use epoxy or clear silicone sealant to glue suitable pieces of gravel/sand/twigs/substrate around a lead or together in a bundle with a wire/swivel to attach to. Flint for instance is very hard to drill successfully but glues together nicely. Flat shapes can be very handy in faster flows. Best of luck with your experiments
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
For lead weight there is a huge range of coatings available from white to black as night! And all colours in between.
Used to coat mine at work in the tackle shop - dip it in aquarium gravel whilst still hot.
Used to coat mine at work in the tackle shop - dip it in aquarium gravel whilst still hot.
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
An ordinary tungsten carbide tipped masonry drill will drill most stones. Use a 3mm bit in a slowish running drill and then use epoxy to hold a small swivel in the hole.
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I simply araldite a link swivel to the stone. The araldite going over the link part. Simple, cheap, environmentally friendly (mainly) and easy to replace.
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
Natural stone sinkers seem like a good idea , I used to use them quite regularly, making a dozen or so at a go, but eventually I gave up as weight for weight compared to conventional lead sinkers they had to be quite large,and holding the bottom on a fast river needed far more weight than a natural stone sinker could provide . For still waters there probably is a place for then, or shallow clear slow rivers etc.
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Re: Natural Stone Legers
There’s been many alternatives to good old fashioned lead and I haven’t found one that superior
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