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Well, I'd be using their pellets as base feed and their boilies on the hair. Both will be recognised by the fish. I'd also take Mainline Cell because I love the aroma of the air-drying bags........ Ian

That explains why I am still stuck on the theory and mix results in the practicals

I wouldn't say it has to be in that position before it goes in but it needs at least the ability to flip into that position quickly, so with a D Rig as the bait is mounted on the ring as soon as you pick the bait up the hook will hang down, in the case of a rig that uses a kicker as soon as the bait is picked up the job of the kicker is to flip the hook. As with most things in this game 2 steps back 3 steps forward

Like I said I can't tell you weather your right or wrong , I can only tell what I found from using stiff D rigs last year which was the rig performed better with bait close to the hook, with the hook laid on the bottom with a stiff section you need some to put the hook in that prime position point down, IMO the hook will get pulled in flat as is as the stiff material does not turn unless something flips it, you need to tie 1 up and attach a bait then just try picking the bait up from various angles and watch what the hook does when you move the bait, remember that the suck and blow feeding part happens very quick so the hook need to react in a way that suits this.

Have you tried the hydrolink extreme?

You may find this interesting: http://www.carprus.eu/about-the-company.php Splicing stronger than knotting I knew about, and boat ropes are spliced for loops at the end, learnt that as a kid when using a dinghy on the broads, hence my splicing experiments with braids in the early 90's.