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a n d he bought it off me th e r e
a n d then. They refin ed i t a
l i t tle for commercial purpo s e s
u s ing a rubber bead as t h e
f r i ction mechanism. Inst e a d
o f the loop going back up t h e
c l i p body it went th ro ug h i t
a t right angles. And so t h e
A t omic Choppa Dro ppa w a s
b o rn - the first commerc i a l l y
a v ailable ‘Heli-Safe’ syst e m .
I t took a long time fo r peo p l e
to catch on to how good
this lead set up was. It was
s o p e r f e c t f o r c h o d f i sh i n g.
H e a v y w e e d w a s n ’t a n i s s u e.
I k n e w I ’d g e t s o m e f l a c k f r o m
people saying that the whole
advantage of the Helicopter
rig was that the lead could pull
the main line/leader through
the hook link swivel and leave
a carp just trailing the hook
link. This was something I
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