darren123456

So a fixed ledger will hook the fish automatically. A ledger with a 6" run would do the same, but gives the fish slightly longer before it feels the weigh of the ledger. With a ledger free to run you need to strike into the fish. Are there any advantages or disadvantages to the above? How do you decide which is appropriate

I don't know what you mean by a shocker, but I think we're on about the same thing. I'll check the tackle shop for such beads next time I'm there. Tight lines is probably irrelevent as that's the only way I know to fish with a ledger, a tight line. Thinking about it using a baitrunner probably doesn't effect the rig choice either, but I wanted to be clear just incase. Maybe the question is, what's the difference in having a ledger fixed in place, a ledger that can move 6" up the line or a ledger that can run freely?

I have a pretty basic understanding of rigs and their uses, so a few questions. The death rig, which noone should use, consisting of stops either side of the ledger. Removing the stop furthest from the hook you get a running rig which allows the ledger to move up the line freely. What does this mean in terms of fishing for carp with tight lines, hair rigs and baitrunners? The korda attachments to fix a ledger without it being a death rig don't allow the ledger to move up and down the line. In a death rig you have a certain length of line (say 6") for the ledger to move, but again I don't fully understand what this achieves when fishing with tight lines, hair rigs and baitrunners.