ESP Chod Rig Sleeves
These sleeves are the first of their kind on the market, designed to be used in conjunction with the chod rig and serve two main purposes:
1) Typically a chod rig hook link is 2 – 3 inches long and by using the sleeve it prevents the hook from coming into contact with the lead.
2) The soft, flexible silicone sleeve acts as a buffer-like shock absorber when playing fish on a very short hook link. Under pressure the sleeve will ‘concertina’ absorbing the lunges of the fish and helping to prevent breakages or hook pulls.
The flexible silicone tube is mounted onto a soft sleeve which houses the lead retaining clip and provides a neat, streamlined system. You might wonder why this component is comprised of two parts, rather than being moulded as one piece. Well, the thermoplastic rubber used to mould the clip link retaining sleeve is malleable yet tough and is perfect for sleeving the clip link yet does not have the soft flexibility and inherent ‘spring’ of good old silicone tube so ESP have combined the two materials to create the perfect shock absorber buffer sleeve for chod rig work.
The silicone tube can be shortened if required, as can the clip retaining sleeve if the leader is tied directly to the lead loop. Available in translucent camo brown, weedy green and choddy silt to complement ESP Leadcore
ESP Chod Rig Leadcore Leaders
ESP Chod Leaders are designed to be used in conjunction with the incredibly effective chod rig presentation. Made using ESP Leadcore and including Leadcore Stop Beads and the specially designed ESP Chod Rig Sleeve plus a quick change clip link to hold the lead.
Perfect when used with the ESP ready made chod rig, the top bead is simply removed before sliding the chod rig hook link on and replacing the top bead over the short section of silicone tube.
The Chod Rig Sleeve acts as a streamlined sleeve housing the lead retaining clip link and the extended section of soft silicone tube provides a shock absorbing buffer when playing fish and also prevents the hook point from coming into contact with the lead on the cast.
ESP Leadcore is highly abrasion resistant, extremely supple and leaders are spliced at both ends to give a streamlined joint with maximum breaking strain.
Available in Choddy Silt, Original Camo and Weedy Green with 3 leaders per packet in 1.0m and 1.5m lengths.
The 1.0m leaders are excellent for long range casting whilst the 1.5m are ideal for short to medium range where the extra length helps to keep more of the terminal set-up anchored firmly along the bottom. The longer leaders are also ideal when fishing over thick weed where the top bead can be pushed right to the top of the leader resulting in the chod rig resting on top of the weed – a perfect presentation.
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