weight lead
101balance weight — A lead weight attached to the rim of a wheel. See wheel weight …
102casting weight — the optimum weight that a fishing rod casts, determined by trying various lead weights until the rod feels sluggish. Usually marked above the butt in ounces or grams …
103spider weight — a lead weight with copper wire legs. Used by surf fishermen to anchor their bait, the legs digging into the sand …
104spline weight — noun : a usually lead metal weight used for confining a spline to the desired curve called also dolphin …
105anti-tangle lead — a lead weight used to sink the bait in angling having a long length of silicone tubing on either side to protect the line from abrasion …
106cammo lead — a camouflaged lead weight used by anglers and meant to disguise its presence from fis …
107fishing lead — a lead weight used in hook and line fishing to sink the bait rapidly to the appropriate depth …
108in-line lead — a lead weight having a section of tubing running through it and extending out on both sides. This tube helps prevent snagging on weeds …
109kidney lead — a lead weight, kidney shaped used in handline fishing …
110running lead — the British word for the North American term slip sinker (a lead or other metal weight having a hole through its centre, sliding freely up and down the fishing line) …
