This is such a coincidence..My wife bought me 2 fishing dvd's yesterday "Carp from the start" by Kevin Maddocks...It shows him using the hair on the bend on one rod and on the other a maple side hooked..He was catching loads on both rods...
I was watching a vid the other day DF talking to some French bloke,the hook on his rig had bits of tubing coming off the hook to disguise the shape..Could this be it?
Trouble with zigs is you can really only fish in depths up to 12ft as this is the average length of a rod..There is a way round this by using an ajustable zig with a sub float..Vids of how to tie and use this rig are on utube...
I see no reason to doubt,this rig would work..But I'm not sure about the way the fake blood worm thingy protrudes beyond the shank of the hook.IMHO this may actually impede a clean hook hold..Good luck
Even when you find a rig you are confident in,there will always be times when you have to change something, usually to adapt to the conditions prevailing at the time..
Might i suggest that you purchase a copy of the Fox Rig Tying vid's,not sure of the proper title..Also there are loads of clips from the series on U tube you can watch..
With all the Forums,mag's,books,vid's etc there is absolutely no excuse for tying a rig like this.
As for a club/syn that requires you to cast further,what a load of cods,or should that be dead cods
Na sorry Guys It's Mr Men everytime for me,I recommend Mr squaddie Goes to Afganistan for no bloody good reason..Although you might have a job getting hold of a copy,as the government have withdrawn most of them..
What do you think of Crimps..My old fingers aint as nimble as they used to be and I am considering starting to use Crimps...But I find it difficult to have confidence in them..Do they damage/weaken the line,are they as reliable as Knots?...
Ive never suffered this problem but thinking about it I don,t see why you could not use a Diamond threader...although if you were too heavy handed it could damage the braid?
I have just discovered Float stops (I,m a bit slow)I wish I had years ago as they make things soo much easier...I even figured a way of re-using them by thredding them back onto 3amp fuse wire...
Doh! i thought someone might have thought it was an April fool,But alas Nick new it was just another regurgitated Rig lol
If you fancy using said Rig it,s in this months U.K.Carp page 98
Has anyone tried the new B%ocks Rig..I kid you not..It,s your standard k k set up with a short length of mono through the loop of the hair,with a boily on each end...sounds a bit weird but apparently when the Carp try to eject the bait it rotates in their mouth. and they find it very hard to spit it out...