Having trouble finding pencil lead
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Hopefully one of the GL steelheaders on the board can help me out. I’ve started fooling around with chuck and duck rigs for trout, but I’m also going to use them this summer for Kings.
A friend of mine from Michigan sent me some pencil lead, but I can’t find anywhere to buy more of it. Is this something you can buy from a hardware store under a different name? Anyone know of an online dealer if I can’t find it locally?
Thanks
Ian
Right now I’ve got it rigged up with a Rio intermediate shooting line and the pencil lead hooked up to a snap swivel above another swivel on the leader.
I talked at some length with my friend who guides around the Grand Rapids area and I can’t recall his exact words, but he suggested I use pencil lead rather than split shot to make it easy to switch out weights if you’re moving around a lot.
We improvised somewhat last summer using split shot while we were using chuck and ducks, and it seemed to work fine. I’d just hate to get up to Alaska only to realize I greatly prefer pencil lead and not have any.
I’m also going to be using pencil lead for boondogging kings, I’m not sure how well split shot would work with those setups.
Here are some more:
When I lived in MIchigan we used to stick our split shot in parachute cord, melt it shut then attach it to a 3-way swivel using a snap hook for chuck ‘n ducking. You can make a batch of those up very inexpensively before going to the water. Much like pencil lead they don’t tend to get hung up.
Just prior to my moving I was given a roll of thick lead and special pliers to cut it the lead, flatten the end and pierce it. I only had the chance to use this set up a few times but it worked like a charm!What Peddler was referring to with the lead and pliers is actually what I’m looking for. I managed to find some here: http://www.fishermans-corner.com/mcart/index.cgi?ID=38HBZH&task=show&cat=Miscellaneous&pgidx=10
I have no idea if that’s a reputable dealer, but at least I’ve found it somewhere.
I’ll try to take a picture of some that I’ve punched to attach to the snap swivel.
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