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You will probably be better off using a chod over weed and silt

Surely guys and no disrespect to sam but if you need to ask this sort of question then different knots could cause all sorts of issues, surely it would be easier to use a figure of 8 with a quick link so he can change his rig easily if needed

Or a grinner Or you could try a figure of 8 knot on the end of your rig and use a quick link with a piece of silicone

Use a running rig and boat all the time and can confidentally say I can't recall ever getting a tangled rig, could be the coated braid that helps, as said if you are worried then use a bag or pva nugget to although I'm not sure how these will stop the tangles. Best just experiementing at your lake and see what happens

Google it, Erics in Leeds

Chris Have a look at Erics, they are doing a half price sale on terminal stuff, it will cost you £5, p and p, order on Wed pm and it turned up on Friday, so good service as well With the KD I use either a wide gape or kurv IQ soft is good if you are fishing clear water, but is difficult to tie until you get used to it, don't be fooled by the name it is quite a stiff material good for stiff links or chod rigs People say that you should use a lesser bs hooklink than your mainline, but it is difficult to find 12lb bs material, in the main it will be 15lb or above, as long as you don't go higher than you mainline you should be okay

Using the principle of the knotless knot, so hair section thru the eye, a couple of normal turns over the hair and then a few under the hair, this will give the hair the appearance of coming off of the hook shank at a 45 degree angle. Have a search around on the korda website and I'm sure that you'll find it on there. http://www.korda.co.uk/movies/?id=77 http://www.korda.co.uk/movies/?id=9

It depends what colour or situation you are using it in, I would say take the coating off of the mantis or try Nash soft silk

Had the same problem snapping at the hook and not with big fish either. Stopped using it for that reason. On mantis now, although it coated it's the dog dangles

No

You could alway use a small rig ring.

This sounds like what you're looking for http://www.kryston.com/solutions/bondage.htm

Hi there, if you're that paraniod about having broken or free offerings that close to your hook bait, why not try putting a couple of small stones in pva and then attach that to your rig, that way it will keep your hooklink straight and shouldn't affect the area around your hook bait

Which mag was it in?

I've been using Super natrual, use a figure of 8 knot to attach your rig to the quick link. The problem that I've been having with it has been breaking at hook end, particularly if I'd used shrink tube. Have got round it now by the Kurv hooks.

It may well be the type of knot you used. Different materials require different knots. Some monos will accept a Blood Knot, yet try that with most fluoros and it will snap every time. It may well be that the figure of 8 knot is not suitable for Dacron, you may have to find an alternative. What who anyone suggest and I will try it, I really like the material except the breakages , so if I can continue to use I would be happy

I was using some Dacron 12lb, it's a really easy material to tie, but then I had 4 snapped rigs all at the same point, where I tied the figure of eight knot to attach to my quick link. I wetted the material before tightening the knot. All the breaks happened on the take. Anyone had the same or got any points as to why this has happened. PS Then tied the same rig with 15lb korda supernatural, not had a problem

Could be a couple of things 1) How old is the braid? 2) What BS? 3) Could be the way that your mate is playing the fish, bearing in mind that there is no "stretch" with braid A couple of things that has just come to mind, if your mate is getting snapped off a fair bit, I hope that he is using a "safe" rig, also depending on how much line he is losing each time is he letting the owner/baliff know as the fish could be getting snagged if it's pulling a lot around.

Where is the line breaking, is it the main line or his hooklink/rig?

In answer to your second part, either lightly place the tail rubber over the lead clip or cut the tail down so you have small band, maybe down to half cm, that will dump the lead everytime

Not really Either you lose the lead or you don't, don't really see a way round it. Obviously safety clips can be changed by cutting down the tails or abused by putting the tail on too far. Going to butt out here cos I can't really see an answer to your question, it's pretty black and white to me, but someone else my have a different view on it

That's some balancing act your looking for there. Think you need to look at from the direction that if you do get snagged whilst playing a fish would you want it to be stuck dragging a lump of lead around if and when it frees itself Personally I think that losing a few quid is better than the fish it's life

Trigga - I don't know if it give you an edge or not but as you say it works in princple and I've caught on it so I know it works I've used the combi rig from the Nash web site but armobraid is more supple. I'm hoping that using IQ that is a bit stiffer and will be harder to eject

Thanks for that Tony, Will give it a go on Thursday and let you know how it goes.

I was messing about at home with some bits and peices over the weekend in readiness for a session on Thursday. I started to tie some rigs and this is what I came up with. A combi rig with about an inch of IQ soft to the hook with the hair attached to the hook at the far end bent of the hook with silicon tube and linked to Nash trigga link with the joint being covered in critical mass, I will be using a 10mm dumbell bottom bait. All contected to a shocka rig My think behind it is that the IQ is fair stiff and will be difficult to eject, plus with the hair leaving the hook at the bent the weight will be over the point. Any advise?