Best Plummet

[Danmancity]

You would think it's the single most simple piece of tackle, but why is it so hard to find the perfect plummet!

Guru In Line - Easy to put on, great large flat base, completely impossible to remove without pliers for my fingers!
NuFish Cyclops - Great design with the size of the eye for banded hooks, nice flat base but the floppy eye makes it hang awkwardly
Preston - Small-ish eye but just about ok, easy to put on and remove but not wide enough in the base so has a tendency to topple over, also the only plummet I ever remember losing possibly because its quite thin foam on the base
Dinsmore cork base - Tiny eye and too tall with a narrow base

What has been the best option for you? Guru comes closest but its a pain still
Considering buying some of Mark Charnell's flat "nipple" plummets that Jamie Hughes recommended

 

[Paul Cresswell]

I use the guru, excellent, I don’t understand your issue, you don’t need to put the hook deep in the plastic bit in the middle.

 

[Dave Spence]

As long as it's heavy I don't mind the make

 

[Whisker]

I have accumulated a few plummets but the Guru is my go to.

 

[qtaran111]

Sometimes I think threads like these are fantastic for tackle manufacturers. Until today I’ve never even questioned the plummet I use (no idea what make mine is). Now I’m sat on the sofa googling Guru plummets thinking yeah they do look good

 

[stikflote]

I USE those black rubbery ones different coloured base

 

[Whisker]

I USE those black rubbery ones different coloured base

Had a couple of them and lost ‘em, as you do. They were good though

 

[Pompous git]

 

[Pompous git]

This is the PG style plummet, simply made from a small bomb and some silicon tube. I make slightly smaller versions using
yellow silicon and when the end of the silicon tube gets dog eared just snip it back, it is the best type of plummet you will
ever use.

 

[Capt Birdseye]

This is the PG style plummet, simply made from a small bomb and some silicon tube. I make slightly smaller versions using
yellow silicon and when the end of the silicon tube gets dog eared just snip it back, it is the best type of plummet you will
ever use.

PG, you obviously don't suffer from Silty Bottom

 

[scuttster]

I use these:

 

[Pompous git]

PG, you obviously don't suffer from Silty Bottom

Make allowances, simple.

 

[Jimpanzee]

I use a big shot on the hook - so much easier to cast with.

 

[Dave]

I use one of two bog-standard cork and lead plummets - an ounce one for deep water, a half-ounce one for shallow water

If using a pole, lower the plummet in and you can feel the suck of the silt as you lift it from the bottom. If you want to double-check your depth, use the lighter plummet to slow down the sink into the silt.

Short of use a large disc on your plummet no difference in diameter between the plummets on sale will make any difference to the results. It's all kidology

 

[RedhillPhil]

Dunno what make the two that I've got are. Traditional bell shaped with a cork filled slot in the base. Works for me.

 

[Silverfisher]

Big split shot on a bait band if any sort of proper cast required or if silty bottomed provided the flow isn’t too quick. If not just happy with any cork bottomed one really.

 

[robert d]

You would think it's the single most simple piece of tackle, but why is it so hard to find the perfect plummet!

Guru In Line - Easy to put on, great large flat base, completely impossible to remove without pliers for my fingers!
NuFish Cyclops - Great design with the size of the eye for banded hooks, nice flat base but the floppy eye makes it hang awkwardly
Preston - Small-ish eye but just about ok, easy to put on and remove but not wide enough in the base so has a tendency to topple over, also the only plummet I ever remember losing possibly because its quite thin foam on the base
Dinsmore cork base - Tiny eye and too tall with a narrow base

What has been the best option for you? Guru comes closest but its a pain still
Considering buying some of Mark Charnell's flat "nipple" plummets that Jamie Hughes recommended

Guru or preston ,whichever i pick up first

 

[Reuben]

Cork & lead with a nice wide bottom for me…….

 

[Dave]

Here's a bit of information for you - the bottom of ponds and lakes aren't level and aren't flat as glass

If you get really anal over plumbing the depth, to within millimetre perfect, move the rig a couple of centimetres either side and you'll find it varies
Even more so once you remove the plummet and put on a light bait weight such as a pellet, maggot, etc. Often what you think is dead-depth isn't and that's the trick to fine-tuning your rig, assuming the fish are feeding at dead-depth that is.
Use a plummet to get a rough idea of the depth for your rig, then use experience to fine-tune it

 

[Dave]