Preston Innovations Non Toxic Shot Refills

Preston Innovations Non Toxic Shot Refills offer match and pleasure anglers a premium, legally compliant weighting solution for precision float and pole rigs. Manufactured from a highly specialized, soft, dense alloy, this split shot delivers the consistent weight calibrations required to balance delicate floats perfectly, without the environmental hazards or legal restrictions of traditional lead.

Soft-Alloy Engineering & Line Protection

One of the biggest issues with standard non-toxic alternative weights is their inherent hardness, which can easily crush, nick, or weaken low-diameter monofilament lines during installation. Preston Innovations has solved this through intelligent metallurgy:

• Accurately Calibrated Weights: Each shot is molded to a strict weight tolerance, ensuring that when you trim a float with a specific shotting pattern, it sits exactly where it should in the water column.

• Line-Friendly Grooves: The central groove is engineered to close smoothly and securely with gentle finger or plyer pressure, wrapping cleanly around your line rather than pinching it rigidly.

• Easy-Open Recess: A specialized indentation along the top profile of the split allows you to simply slide a fingernail or a rig tool into the recess to open the shot back up, allowing you to slide or adjust your bulk patterns along the line without causing abrasions.

Specifications & Sizes

These refills are designed as direct top-ups for your main Preston shot dispenser boxes and are available in six classic match angling sizes:

• SSG (1.68g)

• AAA (0.81g)

• BB (0.40g)

• No.1 (0.28g)

• No.4 (0.20g)

• No.6 (0.10g)

Pro Tip

When creating bulk shot patterns or pinning down a positive commercial pole rig, always pinch your non-toxic shot onto a sacrificial tag-end of heavier monofilament first. Once securely closed, gently slide the shot up onto your pristine, low-diameter main rig line and trim away the squashed tag end. This guarantees that the section of line holding your shotting pattern remains 100% structurally perfect and free of any potential stress fractures before you start catching fish.

Ideal Applications

• Precision Pole Rig Building: Perfect for creating neat, clean bulk patterns or spread shirt-button shotting styles on specialized commercial and silverfish pole lines.

• Waggler & Slider Fishing: The larger sizes (SSG, AAA, and BB) are ideal for locking traditional running-line waggler floats securely into position on your mainline.

• River Stick Float Tactics: Excellent for micro-adjusting your presentation down a flowing river swim, allowing you to add or subtract small droppers instantly as the current fluctuates.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these shot legally compliant on all UK waters?

Yes, absolutely. This shot is entirely non-toxic and manufactured from a safe alloy compound, making it fully legal to use across all UK rivers, canals, and commercial fisheries where traditional lead split shot below size No.8 is strictly prohibited.

Will this shot slide down the line under tension when playing a fish?

Thanks to the unique grip properties of the soft alloy compound, once closed with firm pressure, the shot bites cleanly into place. It remains securely anchored under high casting forces or the tension of playing large carp, yet it can still be moved manually if you need to adjust your rig depths.

Do these come in individual size tubs?

Yes. These refills are supplied in individual, compact flip-top tubs dedicated to a single size, allowing you to easily top up the high-use compartments of your main tackle station drawer or modular shot box.