charlieg
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Right forget chods, helicopter rigs etc, just tie a simple knotless knot hair rig out of some coated braid strip off enough for a supple hair. The coated part will stop the rig tangling and to stop the hair from wrapping around the hook take a pva foam nugget and fold it in half over the hair and the shank of the hook. Now nothing can tangle
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Leadcore has become obsolete to me since Solar's unleaded has come out. It is far more supple and hugs the contours of the bottom whereas leadcore just sticks up
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I use Solar's xtra wide gape hook in size 5. They have a straight eye but when tying the rig with a snell knot I don't think it affects the mechanics of the rig.
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Forget putting sinkers and then beads on, get on solar's new chod backstop beads they grip line, leaders and leadcore. I put them on 0.235 mono and they were gripping
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Have a look at solar's unleaded. It is like a heavy braid, and is so supple. It literally hangs in your hands.
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All materials for chod rigs are the same. You only have to do a 2/3 turn blood knot to the swivel. It will hold don't worry
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You can get away with using just a two/three turn blood knot. I personally wouldn't have chose trip wire though, I feel either bristle filament or mouth trap is a better material to work with
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It usually is used combi style but if you do fancy giving it a go straight through tie it on using either a snell knot or domhoff knot that way you only have to put the line through the eye once
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Is that down to a long hooklink or did another factor contribute to you not knowing the fish was on. It could have been your lead set-up, your alarms many other things to consider and not just to blame the rig itself
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If you read in his post he mentioned them beads as no good
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Nick you could easily be a famous angler and i would love to read articles by you. They would be of quality and honesty, not something you get much of these days.