loopyandandy

cheers guys

i hastily tied a floater rig together when the carp started slurping at the surface last sunday, and i managed to take a couple of nice fish. I wasnt 100% happy with my rig and fancy your advice on the next one i tie. i had 12lb mainline with controller on tied to no4 swivel. tied to that i had my 3ft hooklength of 15lb fluoro with size ten hook and hair. problem i had was that swivel sank and pulled bait close to the float. do i just go straight through to hook with mainline or just tie a loop to loop? how do i stop float sliding to hook? ledger stop or will that sink?

what do you mean by leader?

cheers guys, i feel a bit more confident with that rig now. i was tending to always fish quite a tight line so i will give the slack line approach a go. i found that a 2oz pear lead was just sticking in the silt - maybe a flat one would be better as larger surface area. i do use shrink tube on shank of hook and have started playing around in a small bend up away from the hook point.

cheers mate so my hooklengths and hairs are ok lengths? as thats something im never sure of. i seem to get a lot of bites as if the fish are mouthing the bait and ejecting them. ive only ever had one screaming run and that was last weekend i have tried using a 2oz pear shaped lead but it just tends to get sucked into the bottom as its really silty. so you reckon giving a flat sided lead a go? i do feel really comfortable casting a 1 oz lead and it makes the distance i need to fish at. so what are the advantages to using a heavier lead? im also not sure if i should be fishing a slack or tight line with the above set up? my thinking is tight line equals better bite indication as the fish does not need to move the slack but it may move the lead? confused

I read about so many complicated rigs, leadcore, flouro etc etc but i use a really simple rig. I suppose im not 100% confident that it is the best it can be so can you more experienced carpers cast your beady eye over it and give me any pointers? Id really appreciate it. Basically i got my hook (usually size 6-10 depending on bait) tied knotless with a hair that leaves approx 1-2cm between bait and hook. This is tied from 12lb flouro hooklength between 6-18inches long. Then i got a small swivel between this hook length and 10lb mono mainline. Above the swivel on the mainline i use a small bead, then my lead (usually use 1oz bullet shaped) then another small bead. Im quite tidy with my knots and usually use clear shrink tube when i can. What do you think?

Ok so then the running rig........how much distance between back bead and swivel connecting hooklength? how long should hooklength be? also do you put any micro shot on the hooklength at all - or just for pop ups? bolt rig.........agian how long should the hooklenght be? what length anti tangle tube do you put on after the lead?