We all recognise the numbers and letters on our split shot when fishing, but recalling their exact weights can be challenging. Here’s a helpful guide to the weights of each non-toxic and lead split shot available for purchase in the UK. This will assist you in perfectly shotting your float rigs to match the conditions, depths, and presentations you aim for.
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Final note
Shot come in a variety of shapes and sizes and will be made of different material. With the cube or stotz type very popular as these are far easy to apply to line and move around and better suited to carp pole rigs.
Anything no8 and below will be made of lead, this is soft and won't damage your line as easily, anything above that to 0.5oz will be made of a non-toxic alloy material. Whilst shot are manufactured really well these days, they can vary slightly so you may find that you have to alter the shotting on your float if this is the case.
