salokcinnodrog

I think that there is no such thing as a bream proof rig, but how you feed can be the trigger.
Small silver fish and bream are attracted to heavy baiting, especially with particles, pellets and groundbait. The more you bait the more interested they are.
Bream tend to be vacuum feeders, they get onto food and they clear it up, and that includes the hookbait, no matter how it's fished, bottom baits and low lying pop-ups are especially vulnerable.
To avoid them feed less, or try boilies only.
Don't put any free bait in, and fish just PVA bags or stringers, or fish boilies where although you may put 100 (example) in, they are not so close to invite or become a feeding trigger.
The other thing is bream tend to avoid the margins, preferring to feed out in the main lake. They can have particular patrol routes!
Now saying that, I used to fish Ardleigh reservoir and you could catch bream and then the carp would come before the bream pushed them out again. I caught both bream and carp on baited spots, yet on Alton, I never caught a bream despite using loads of particles.
My rigs on Ardleigh and Alton were simply line aligned knotless knotted  snowman baits on braid rigs, nothing special.

I think that there is no such thing as a bream proof rig, but how you feed can be the trigger.
Small silver fish and bream are attracted to heavy baiting, especially with particles, pellets and groundbait. The more you bait the more interested they are.
Bream tend to be vacuum feeders, they get onto food and they clear it up, and that includes the hookbait, no matter how it's fished, bottom baits and low lying pop-ups are especially vulnerable.
To avoid them feed less, or try boilies only.
Don't put any free bait in, and fish just PVA bags or stringers, or fish boilies where although you may put 100 (example) in, they are not so close to invite or become a feeding trigger.
The other thing is bream tend to avoid the margins, preferring to feed out in the main lake. They can have particular patrol routes!
Now saying that, I used to fish Ardleigh reservoir and you could catch bream and then the carp would come before the bream pushed them out again. I caught both bream and carp on baited spots, yet on Alton, I never caught a bream despite using loads of particles.
My rigs on Ardleigh and Alton were simply line aligned knotless knotted  snowman baits on braid rigs, nothing special.

Current multi version, 25lb stiff end section to semi stiff braid.

Just so people know, I do often do 2 and 1 on single sticks.
I do like the stability of a goalpost setup, but if one rod is better placed in another direction.
The one on single sticks is over a mix of mashed bread, particles, crushed boilies, worms and molehill soil, while the two are being fished with stringers over boilies.

took a random picture of ducks to send the family while i was out and just look at the cheeky fish showing off

I've deleted and banned a couple myself, Nick.
Ian

Just so people know, I do often do 2 and 1 on single sticks.
I do like the stability of a goalpost setup, but if one rod is better placed in another direction.
The one on single sticks is over a mix of mashed bread, particles, crushed boilies, worms and molehill soil, while the two are being fished with stringers over boilies.

Don't be worried by inturned kickers, 'closed' gape or line aligners, I think that has become a buzzword for missed indication or for using the wrong rig for the feeding situation. I.e. some carp suck and blow, others pick items up, it can be spot dependant in a water, or it can even be individual fish 
If you look at a Withy pool rig there is absolutely no 'open gape' at all, yet it is effective.
The front of the hook, the eye, the inner of the tubing is what causes hooking  or pri cks in the mouth. To have the line exiting the back flips the hook out bend and shank first. It will work with fish that pick up hookbaits and the hook pri cks the lip, but not suckers and blowers.

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Just so people know, I do often do 2 and 1 on single sticks.
I do like the stability of a goalpost setup, but if one rod is better placed in another direction.
The one on single sticks is over a mix of mashed bread, particles, crushed boilies, worms and molehill soil, while the two are being fished with stringers over boilies.

Got out today... over me club lake...  a nice scrappy common got in on the act and gave me a good tear up all the way in from about 30 yards out... Rod was a 9'3" Sharpe, reel is an Abu 77 Cardinal, had a smaller carp which didn't stay still long enough for a shot... also had the scabbiest Bream in the lake...🥴 

Did the last night on the estate lake until next winter, had 6 out, biggest 21lb. low double 21lb 

My son joined me, he had 4. 20lb on the nose 18lb 

Exactly, and no way I would have found the spools, so big thank you. I just meant it incase you wanted something from there in future. Cheers mate.

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Well if we do meet and you seen me catch, it was a Tench that got weeded up for 10 mins, so exciting looked 10lb but went 9.14lb - buzzing mate, get on the multi, spinner, up and down rigs 👍🤣

I ended up with gremlins.
Last night of that session I had a decent run on a pop-up, struck into it and reeled in a bit then had weed clog up the tip ring, so I had to clear it by hand.
Started reeling in again and whatever was there had gone, along with the rig and lead. I think that playing a fish I then pulled the line in front of a pike which bit through the line above the lead.
Or maybe even a pike took the lead as it 'flashed' past disturbing the bottom and bit me off.
 
And don't talk to me about bivvies and wind, having to turn it round in the dark in a hurry while being battered by 70mph winds.
Poor Sky was hiding under the bedchair outside while I was having to use Solar banksticks pushed all the way in to hold it down.

Hi mate, I rang KP and they don't do spare spools and kindly put me onto Quentin Millman and he has sorted me out: http://www.fishingreelrepairs.co.uk/contact_us.htm

Not yet, thank you, will do 👍

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at least you got a lead 

Whilst I cant deny it's a great rig, all that extra metalwork and sleeve put me right off, My multi uses none of it, just a hook screw and putty and stripped braid turns as good as any swivel for the joint part IMO.  I've taken to using 25lb stiff material for the hook loop keeps the hook in place and as doubled over acts like a hook extension.  You've also got to consider the ptfe coated swivels coz normal ones rust and dont turn great after a while.  The mechanics and shape of the rig are exactly the same, but if anything you can get a multi even lower.
 

I agree with @kevtaylor, it's advantages are in it can be used for bottom baits, pop-ups and snowman as well as critically balanced. If you use it for bottom baits, just tie the hair slightly longer with a bit of a gap between bait and hook. 

Got a cracking 30 common first morning then the crowds arrived and pressured the area and they did the off.
Kept it secret squirrel so no pics till I report it to the syndi, sorry 🐳😎👍
Get in 🙂

Great work that Kev, and fair play for having the forsight to go before the crowds came, so many times the fish shut up shop once that happens hey.

Multi - used nothing else for 5 years - IMO better than a spinner in several ways 👍