Hadn't used mono for ages till last September ,was stalking a small swim
watching my rigs being picked up and put down ( very wary fish ) made some long mono rigs up , about 24" long picked up 3 fish including a new pb of 28.4 lb
This aint my specialist subject but ive done a few basicly you tie them as you would any basic hook lenth it just means you have to pull the whole lenth of the zig through the eye of the hook and then tie a quick link at the lenth you require ( for a fixed lenth one ) hope this helps
Bilob , please don't take this the wrong way but it seems you might be trying to run before you can walk . Most tackle shops will sell braid rigs or stiff rigs and between them they probably result in catching 70% of all fish caught . Concentrate on the hook and bait presentation if this is wrong it wont matter how camouflaged your line is .
Just ditch the tubing if your that botherde put a few bits of putty on the main line . Maybe its just me but if your concerned about presentation and spooking a fish with the rig tube then just do away with it
Found this place trawling the internet and was wondering if any of you
lovely people have any info , not to bothered about bait or swims info,
but does it get busy or is a dump and not worth the trek , thanks John.
I would say quite simply push the hook , shank towards the point which will slightly extend the hole the hook has made and rotate the hook out
keeping the pressure on as you remove the hook ,firm but gentle.
Running rigs are one thing but i still don't get how lighter strenth hook
links can help should your main line get snagged , there is no way any
carp is going to break a 12/15 braid or 15lb main line
in theory your hooklink should be the first to break as it is a lower BS than your mainline. This results in the fish trailing round a matter of inches of line rather than alot more, saving the fish a lot of distress.
I have to say i can't think of a situation where i want anything to break
nor why it would.