flashgordon1952

I only use running rigs forall my fishing ! small leads of less than one ounce. 14lbs main line with 30lbs end braid on a size 6 or 8 hook ! no armoured line (end) unless its for cats or sturgeon. Keep it as simple as possible is my motto ! Line tends to be fluro unless i want to fish on teh surface. with either a pop up or bread /dog biscuit. fishing close in does not need heavy leads and any distance of up to 30 metres the light lead is ok. when useing a pop up . i tend to use a halved one on a 14/16mm boilie ,so the halved popup just lifts the boilie off the ground and no more.. i would use putty if was useing just the pop up on its own. But in this case would use a 20mm pop up but cut in a square rather than keep it round.

I tend to use very basic setups with very light ledgers (three quarters of an ounce)no lead nothing except for a bead swivel and shortish length of braided size 8 or 6 hair. For normal everyday carp this is perfectly safe. everyday to me means fish to 24lbs .useing fluro 14lbs as main line. For sturgeon and cats my setup would be a lot different but still useing smallish size 4 and maybe 6 hooks rather than the cat hooks normally used. but with a much heavier braid of at least 50lbs and main line fluro 20lbs or higher. again as basic of a setup i can possible make it. armoured fluro i may have to use for the first 2 feet (to prevent chaffing esp with sturgeons) but still useing light ledgers of under 1 oz.

i tend to use light braid hairs if i am fishing with luncheon meat or boilies say 15lbs braid sizes 8 or 10 ......... for sweetcorn sizes 10 or 12 with nylon hairs on 12lbs line. same for maize. i have never used fluro because ita lot wider than nylon line and not suitable in my opinion to use except as a main line ,which i use 14lbs line...