louis84

gotta be the good old back to back knot

they look very much like the fox sleeves. Although the fox sleeves go down to even more of a point. There are a few companies out their that do that type of swivel though. I Prefer that type of swivel compared to the korda ones. I think the korda ones help the loop deteriorate a bit too fast.

Personally I use the fox ones. If only for the sleeves. They are nice and streamlined and ensure that your rig lays out flat on the lakebed, by pushing the bait away from the swivel. I'll take a photo and post in a minute

Or just put the hookbait in an empty bait bucket with i piece of PVA foam covering the hook point. Seems to work fine

i was casting out a 23 ft zig rig yesterday. My god did i have fun just getting ready for the cast!

does it have to be leadcore? or can it also be tubing?

I hear a lot about people catching on black foam etc (on the zig). Small dark baits work best as they can be seen better in the glowing water. Im going out this afternoon and i was thinking of giving the zig ago.....but using a small piece of cork. i've used zig rigs twice, and had two fish on them, and lost one that aint a bad result at all

baisically all you can do is try something different. I tend to have a set list of changes and work through them if im missing runs until I get a full take (hopefully) everytime) and you really need to make sure them hooks are sharp.

I think he means the hooklink. Make sure you use a big ring swivel and put some tubing to cover the swivel (between the lead and the big ring), but making sure that the lead can obviously still run freely. And use 1-2 foot of tubing so the lead can run along.... ......as this MAY help

or, just use boyant mag aligners

i have about 15 rigs pre tied in my wallet. most of them are simpless knotless knot or with a line aligner (or liner liner as 'starbaits' once said, god i miss that kid). then after the i have about 3 combi rigs, 2 stiff fluro, couple of pop up rigs....... made one anti eject rig last night, but I always use a standard knotlees knot rig anyway. if it aint broke dont fix it

i used to have it but can't find it now

ooohhh gotcha

haha after re-reading the whole thread im still are you just glueing them on? or sewing them onto line and then adding the poly ball on the same line at the end?

i'm with tony on this one. There's clearly something we've missed. sewing maggots ONTO a poly ball? Thats crazy talk.......

after a quick glance in an old mag I think its called a leader knot. there are a fair few ways to do it mate just search 'combi-rig' in google and im sure you'll get a few lists. failing that just look in any carp mag new /old as i guarantee they cover it over and over and ooovvverrr again each month

won't be changing my rigs at all. I use 2 different rigs, the difference being that one has a shot on it and the other doesn't. might scale down to 12lb mainline although i've been tempted to try out the 13lb kryston snide and just use it all year round. happy days.

get a baiting needle at each end and pull it nice and straight. if you hold it for around 30 seconds it usually stays straight. but by the time its been pinned in your rig wallet for 24hrs it stays straight anyway

get ur marker rod out and find a clear patch! days, weeks, months when you find it you'll be laughing, at least for a while also dont forget that they may only be collecting the weed AS ur reeling in!

oh god thats genius! you only realise when you actually say it out loud!

"excuse me! You just left a bag of rubbish in ur swim, i'm going to have to ask you to leave the premesis" "oh, that alright i was just leaving anyway" doi!

fishery owners should take addresses along with names when on the lakeside, and try to closely monitor which peg everyone is in (lets face it, it wouldnt be that hard for most fisheries). if someone is caught or reported to have left a lot of litter then a 2 / 3 strike warning should be in place before full expulsion. I wonder how many of these litterers dont own a rod license either? I would put money on that there is a distinct relationship between the two. spot the litterers and we would all be better off! i keep the bankside much cleaner than my house, but that only because i enjoy driving my landlord crazy

onyl just started getting into coated braid and im loving the stuff at the minute soooo many varieties. been havin hours of fun making rigs from kryston snakebite (its a lonely life) but from what i hear ESP stripteaze is damn good also. i really rate ESP tackle anyway so i think ill give it a go next. just out of interest.............how many times do most of you use ur hooklink before gettin rid of it? im sure there'll be people who never get rid of the hooklinks and some that throw them after every session. personally i try to keep my hooklinks for as long as possible, within conditional reason of course.

i use ESP raptors and stiff riggers. the eye of the raptors are just sliiiiiightly too small for using with mono hooklink but the stiff riggers are great!