Korda Textured Distance Swivel Lead
As the name suggests, this lead is designed for casting long distances.
The nose-heavy design makes it very stable indeed and also gives good hooking efficiency.
This is without doubt Danny's favourite style of lead, he says of it, "I love fishing at range in open water and building up a baited area, fishing all three rods only feet apart.
The nose-heavy shape of this lead means that it flies straight as an arrow; it just goes where you want it to go.
For this type of fishing I couldn't think of using anything else!".
This version features a textured camouflage coating.Key features
Designed for fishing at range
Very stable in flight
Textured camouflage coating
Korda Micro Rig Swivels
From bait attachment, to combi-rig construction, the Micro Rig Swivel has a host of rig applications, but this tiny swivel is most widely used sliding on the shank of a hook, forming the blow-back element of many rigs and adding additional movement to the hookbait.
Crucially, it has the same non-reflective coating that our other rig components are blessed with, eliminating any glint that might otherwise spook feeding fish.Key features
Size 20 rig swivel
Ideal for bait attachment
Can be used for combi rigs
Non-reflective coating
Korda Textured Flat Pear Inline Lead
If you’re fishing an inline lead over a harder bottom then this is the ideal choice as long as you don’t have to cast a long way.
The Textured Flat Pear Inline has great self-hooking qualities due to its weight distribution, and is also one of the most unobtrusive leads, due to the fact it has such a low profile on the lakebed.
It is also a good choice when fishing on flowing water, as its shape helps it to hold bottom, and on lakes, once it lands it won’t roll down any slope – such as when casting tight to an island margin where you need your rig to stay where it lands.
It features a textured camouflage coating and a hard plastic insert which allows it to be fished semi-fixed.Key features
Flat pear shaped inline lead
Good for fishing on sloping lake beds
Textured camouflage coating
Korda Flexi Ring Swivels
These PTFE coated ring swivels have a wide variety of different applications when constructing rigs, and are available in either a size 8 or a size 11.
The size 8 Ring Swivel is great for adding extra movement to your hook link, when fishing it in conjunction with a system such as the Lead Clip, which it fits into perfectly.
When fishing helicopter rigs, the size 11 Ring Swivel is the perfect choice, as the ring allows it to rotate more freely on your line or leader than a conventional swivel does. Key features
Ring swivel
Adds extra movement to your rigs
Ideal for when fishing helicopter rigs
Korda Dark Matter Leader QC Hybrid Clip
We have now added a Hybrid Lead Clip QC version to our popular range of Dark Matter fused leaders, to allow you to quickly change your hook link in as hassle-free a way as possible, whenever you choose to.
These leaders have integral sections of tungsten to ensure that they stay pinned to the lakebed and help to avoid spooking wary carp, and come in a choice of 1m or 50cm lengths – to cater for those who require a shorter version, such as when fishing at long range, or where fishery rules dictate a maximum length.
At one they feature a Hybrid Lead Clip QC fused onto the leader and complete with a Hybrid Tail Rubber, and at the other end there is a fused loop for easy attachment to your main line – loop-to-loop style works great and makes it easy to change leader when you wish to, without having to cut or tie anything.
The Dark Matter leader material is very abrasion resistant, has a breaking strain of 30lb, and can be matched to whatever type of lake bed you are fishing over, as it comes in a choice of Clear, Weed, or Gravel, Clay. Each pack contains one leader.
Integral sections of tungsten
Choice of 1m or 50cm lengths
Feature a Hybrid Lead Clip QC and Tail Rubber
Very abrasion resistant
Breaking strain of 30lb
Korda Heli Safe Tubing Kit
The Heli-Safe Tubing Kit enables you to overcome Leadcore and Leaders bans by allowing you to fish a helicopter style of rig using rig tubing.
This conversion kit allows the Heli-Safe System to be used with tubing whilst retaining all of the usual features of a traditional helicopter set-up and giving you the ability to drop the lead if you need to.
As you know, helicopter set-ups have great anti-tangle properties, you’re able to cast them a long way and they allow the top bead (recently update to a on this kit) to be set to determine how the hook link settles on the bottom.
For those of you that don’t use heli type rigs… you can basically adjust the bead to allow for what your rig is landing on.
If it’s on a hard bottom the distance can be short, low lying weed the distance can be increased and for something like deep silt it can be pushed right up, allowing the lead to plug into the silt but leave the rig to settle on top.
The solution to the problem may look very simple, but a lot of thought and testing has gone into getting the Heli-Safe Tubing Kit just right, so that it performs in the intended way in terms of still dropping the lead.
INCLUDE THIS WITH THE ABILITY TO TAKE IT OUT
We did initially release this product back in 2018 but after it come to our attention that some of the Tungsten Beads – designed to fit snugly onto rig tube had suffered an issue during the manufacturing process.
They were too tight when used on Dark Matter Rig Tube, creating a potential safety issue with the setup.
We removed the product from shelves as a precautionary measure as our priority has always been to ensure carp remain safe with anglers when using our products. We have since replaced the tungsten bead with a silicone sleeve combined with our brilliant No Trace Bead.
This small plug is known as a ‘witch’s hat’ and is located inside the Heli-Safe, it’s part of the very clever design and holds the tubing in place.
When used in conjunction with an adapted Heli-Safe ‘cap’, featuring a hard plastic ‘tail’, this ensures that the tubing can’t come loose and that the system works as it was originally intended to.
The ‘witch’s hat’ is the cleverest part of this product, as it holds the tubing securely in place… it can be used with either our Dark Matter tungsten or plastic Kamo rig tubing.
The Heli-Safe Tubing Kit is sold in packs that include everything that you need for two complete set-ups (excluding the tubing).
They also come in a choice of brown or green to match the lakebed.
Key features
Connects to original Heli-Safe
Enables helicopter style fishing whilst using rig tubing
Adjustable bead
Includes drop-off safety bead
Korda Solidz Inline Lead
The design of these Solidz Inline Leads has been carefully tailored to fit seamlessly within a solid PVA bag, optimising space inside the bag and around the lead.
A groove runs along the exterior of the lead, allowing leaders/leadcore to lie flat against its surface.
This design feature facilitates fast and clean ejection of the lead when fishing ‘drop off’ style.
The swivel is strategically positioned near the lead's centre of mass, to improve hooking efficiency.
This placement leverages the heavier portion of the lead, resulting in more effective and reliable pick-ups.
The Solidz lead comes supplied with a hard insert, which can be replaced by a softer shockleader sleeve if preferred.
The dedicated PVA bag leads will take your bag work to the next level, not only giving you the ability to tie much tighter and compact bags but also improve your hooked fish ratio.
The Solidz Inline leads come in a wide range of weights to suit various fishing scenarios.
Lighter options of 2oz, 2.5oz and 3oz are perfect for a more delicate approach.
For casting small, compact bags over longer distances or using larger bags, consider the mid-range versions of 3.5oz.
Key features
Perfect shape for Solid bag fishing
Ideal for fishing drop-off style
External groove to mount leader
Swivel located closer to centre of mass
Korda N-Trap Soft Coated Hook Link
SoftN-Trap Soft is one of our earlier coated braid materials, yet it is still very popular and is suitable for tying a vast variety of different rigs, such as the multi rig.
It features a tough, matt coloured coating which is very easy to strip, yet won’t split when tightening down knots, and is still limp enough that it will sit flush to the lakebed.
The inner braid is a very tough Dyneema, which matches the colour of the coating, to help make it as unobtrusive as possible, and comes in a choice of Weedy Green, Silt or Gravel Brown versions.
Each spool contains 20m of N-Trap Soft.Key features
Coated braid hook link material
Soft and supple
Tough coating won't split
Dyneema inner braid
Korda Razor Blade Scissors
These stainless steel scissors will effortlessly cut through any of our hook link or main line materials, whether they be braid or mono, and leave a very clean edge, thus making it easier to pass it through the eye of a hook, or similar.
The handles are big enough even for those with larger fingers, but overall the Razor Blades are small enough that they will easily fit in a compartment in your Tackle Box or Tackle Safe.
Unlike many carp fishing scissors on the market, these feature bright green handles, so that if you do drop them in the undergrowth you can actually find them.Key features
Cut mono or braid cleanly
Stainless steel
Handles designed to fit any size fingers
Korda Basix Rig Scissors
The BASIX Rig Scissors are the perfect choice for anglers, as the serrated area on the blades ensures a clean cut, which is especially important when using braided hook link materials.
The blades are made from stainless steel to ensure they are long-lasting and won’t rust.
The ergonomic handles are designed to fit your fingers comfortably and they are bright green in colour to make them easy to find.
They have been designed to fit in the BASIX Tackle Box.Key features
Serrated area on the blades
Stainless steel
Ergonomic handles
Visual bright green
Designed to fit in the BASIX Tackle Box.
Korda Super Natural Hooklink
This is a finely woven braid that's mega supple and ultra strong.
Due to its suppleness, Supernatural will gently rest over the contours of the lake bed, lying flat and out of the carp's way.
This suppleness also makes it just about as good a solid bag hook link as you can get.
Both Neil Spooner and Rob Burgess are big fans of this for their solid bag fishing.
Key features
Braided hook link material
Strong and supple
Sinks well
Brilliant for solid bag fishing
Korda IQ2 Flurocarbon
This is a softer version of original IQ fluorocarbon hook link material and is great all-round rig material.
It still has enough stiffness to be used as a boom material, but is supple enough that it allows movement so that rigs such as the IQ D-rig can work effectively.
As long as it is tied correctly it retains good knot strength (we recommend a Grinner or Palomar knot) and is virtually invisible in water as a result of its refractive index.Key features
Softer than IQ
Great for D-rigs
Good knot strength
Virtually invisible in water
