The lead is the engine of your rig, responsible for achieving accurate casting distance, securing your bait placement, and triggering the crucial bolt effect when a carp picks up the hookbait. At Gerry’s Fishing, our comprehensive range of Carp Leads covers every tactical situation, featuring perfectly balanced, camouflaged, and accurately weighted options from industry leaders like Trakker, Korda, and Fox.
Choosing the correct lead requires careful consideration of the fishing range, the lakebed, and the safety rig you are using. Our products are specified to deliver superior performance in every scenario.
The geometry of the lead determines its performance in the air and on the lakebed. We stock the three main types:
Distance Leads: Characterized by a slim, elongated, torpedo-like shape.
Product Details & Uses: This aerodynamic design is specified for minimal air resistance, allowing anglers to cast the absolute maximum distance. Ideal for open water where accuracy over range is key.
Flat Pear Leads: A rounded, flattened design.
Product Details & Uses: The flat profile ensures maximum surface area contact, preventing the lead from rolling on uneven lakebeds or slopes. Excellent for presentation on hard bottoms and marginal shelves.
Square/Grippa Leads: Often featuring four distinct faces or textured grips.
Product Details & Uses: These leads are designed to maximize resistance when pulled. Their primary specification is high resistance, making them perfect for holding bottom in fast-flowing rivers or on the steep sides of bars and deep gravel pits.
Beyond the shape, the lead mechanism defines the rig:
Swivel Leads (Flat Pear, Distance): These incorporate a size 8 swivel moulded into the top.
Product Details & Uses: The swivel connects directly to a lead clip or Heli-rig system. This is the most popular, versatile choice, offering a reliable, easy-to-use safety system.
Inline Leads: The line runs directly through the centre of the lead.
Product Details & Uses: This design provides a concentrated weight in the centre of the rig, enhancing the “bolt effect” for rapid hook setting. They are specified for use with fixed or semi-fixed inline lead setups, often incorporating a quick-change element (QC).
Back Leads: Small leads clipped onto the mainline that slide down to pin the line down.
Product Details & Uses: Used to sink the line away from the water surface close to the bank, preventing line bites and spooking wary carp that might touch a floating line. Available in weights typically ranging from $0.5\text{oz}$ to $3\text{oz}$.
All our carp leads are accurately calibrated in ounces oz and/or grams g. Weights generally range from 1.5oz to 5oz.
Weight Choice: You must select a weight that correctly loads your rod’s test curve (e.g., a 3.5lb test curve rod handles up to a 4.5oz lead effectively for distance casting).
Camouflage Coating: Most modern leads are coated in a durable, matte finish (e.g., Silt, Clay, Gravel) to perfectly blend into the lakebed, ensuring ultimate rig concealment.
Q: Which lead weight should I choose for long-distance casting?
A: For maximum distance, choose a Distance Lead weighing between 3oz and 4oz. This weight range is ideal for compressing the blank of most modern carp rods, maximizing energy transfer and cast efficiency.
Q: Is an Inline lead safer than a Lead Clip lead?
A: Both are safe when set up correctly. An Inline Lead requires the hooklink swivel to pull through the lead system entirely upon a break-off. A Lead Clip system releases the lead from the clip entirely. The safest system is the one that guarantees the lead separates easily from the line/hooklink when snagged.
Q: What is the primary benefit of using a Flat Pear lead?
A: The Flat Pear Lead is designed to settle quickly and remain stationary. Its large, flat underside is specified to prevent the lead from rolling down steep slopes or bars, offering superior grip compared to round or distance-shaped leads.
Q: When should I use Back Leads?
A: Use Back Leads when fishing near the bank or in an area with boat traffic. They pin the mainline flat on the lakebed, hiding it from carp swimming near the surface and preventing other lines or boat ropes from wiping out your rig.
The lead is the engine of your rig, responsible for achieving accurate casting distance, securing your bait placement, and triggering the crucial bolt effect when a carp picks up the hookbait. At Gerry’s Fishing, our comprehensive range of Carp Leads covers every tactical situation, featuring perfectly balanced, camouflaged, and accurately weighted options from industry leaders like Trakker, Korda, and Fox.
Choosing the correct lead requires careful consideration of the fishing range, the lakebed, and the safety rig you are using. Our products are specified to deliver superior performance in every scenario.
The geometry of the lead determines its performance in the air and on the lakebed. We stock the three main types:
Distance Leads: Characterized by a slim, elongated, torpedo-like shape.
Product Details & Uses: This aerodynamic design is specified for minimal air resistance, allowing anglers to cast the absolute maximum distance. Ideal for open water where accuracy over range is key.
Flat Pear Leads: A rounded, flattened design.
Product Details & Uses: The flat profile ensures maximum surface area contact, preventing the lead from rolling on uneven lakebeds or slopes. Excellent for presentation on hard bottoms and marginal shelves.
Square/Grippa Leads: Often featuring four distinct faces or textured grips.
Product Details & Uses: These leads are designed to maximize resistance when pulled. Their primary specification is high resistance, making them perfect for holding bottom in fast-flowing rivers or on the steep sides of bars and deep gravel pits.
Beyond the shape, the lead mechanism defines the rig:
Swivel Leads (Flat Pear, Distance): These incorporate a size 8 swivel moulded into the top.
Product Details & Uses: The swivel connects directly to a lead clip or Heli-rig system. This is the most popular, versatile choice, offering a reliable, easy-to-use safety system.
Inline Leads: The line runs directly through the centre of the lead.
Product Details & Uses: This design provides a concentrated weight in the centre of the rig, enhancing the “bolt effect” for rapid hook setting. They are specified for use with fixed or semi-fixed inline lead setups, often incorporating a quick-change element (QC).
Back Leads: Small leads clipped onto the mainline that slide down to pin the line down.
Product Details & Uses: Used to sink the line away from the water surface close to the bank, preventing line bites and spooking wary carp that might touch a floating line. Available in weights typically ranging from $0.5\text{oz}$ to $3\text{oz}$.
All our carp leads are accurately calibrated in ounces oz and/or grams g. Weights generally range from 1.5oz to 5oz.
Weight Choice: You must select a weight that correctly loads your rod’s test curve (e.g., a 3.5lb test curve rod handles up to a 4.5oz lead effectively for distance casting).
Camouflage Coating: Most modern leads are coated in a durable, matte finish (e.g., Silt, Clay, Gravel) to perfectly blend into the lakebed, ensuring ultimate rig concealment.
Q: Which lead weight should I choose for long-distance casting?
A: For maximum distance, choose a Distance Lead weighing between 3oz and 4oz. This weight range is ideal for compressing the blank of most modern carp rods, maximizing energy transfer and cast efficiency.
Q: Is an Inline lead safer than a Lead Clip lead?
A: Both are safe when set up correctly. An Inline Lead requires the hooklink swivel to pull through the lead system entirely upon a break-off. A Lead Clip system releases the lead from the clip entirely. The safest system is the one that guarantees the lead separates easily from the line/hooklink when snagged.
Q: What is the primary benefit of using a Flat Pear lead?
A: The Flat Pear Lead is designed to settle quickly and remain stationary. Its large, flat underside is specified to prevent the lead from rolling down steep slopes or bars, offering superior grip compared to round or distance-shaped leads.
Q: When should I use Back Leads?
A: Use Back Leads when fishing near the bank or in an area with boat traffic. They pin the mainline flat on the lakebed, hiding it from carp swimming near the surface and preventing other lines or boat ropes from wiping out your rig.
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