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How to increase Chod Rig safety
Increase Chod Rig safety and land more fish by dropping the lead
1 Start by splicing a large ‘O’ ring to the end of your leader material or line.
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2 Splice a loop into a short three-inch leader section also spliced to the ring.
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3 Now thread the shorter section of leader through your chosen casting lead.
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4 Pull the short section back through a Fox Edges Buffer Bead like this.
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5 The next step is to take a dissolvable PVA nugget and cut into two halves.
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6 Take half of the nugget and roll it up into a tight cone between your fingers.
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7 Thread the coned nugget through the loop of the short leader section like so.
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8 Your casting lead can be retrieved but will safely drop under fish pressure!