carpersmithy

kryston all the way for me

cheers lads will look into the rigmarole aswell

i'm wanting to experiment with one of my rods (i use 3) using a fluro hooklink,i've picked up a spool of esp ghost and was wondering how to straighten it out when making the hook length never used it before but the appeal of it been almost invisible and stiffer than my normal braid appeals to me any help appreciated lads thanks

well played on your explanation on the needed advice mate with reagrds to the set up i use both running inline and shocker set up and never had problems with my bait boat on either,no tangles or owt!!!! but like what has been stated i do still but a little foam nugget on to avoid catching any debris.

fantastic books all of them,i have the entire trilogy as well including the hobbit,i've had to buy the hobbit 3 times i've read it that much they fell to bits

thanks guys you have all been a great help

when using my normal rig braids i always tie my own i tried the ready made ones once and didnt approve,like was mentioned i like to have a little faith and yes if it goes wrong it is my fault,i didn't explain myself properly i think with the coated braid do you have to strip back the stiff part to tie the hook to swivel and obviously hook? i'm thinking of having a go but want to make sure i know what i'm doing before i go in heads first if that makes sense also does it come on a spool like hook braid? any brands people have faith in? thanks all!!

so i could use a coated braid on a running rig or a shock rig set up? and can you buy them already made up from the tackle shop or do you have to make the rigs yourself? thanks for the help before i forget!!

so which type of rigs mainly use coated hook links and when the end is stripped back does this just make it sit hard on the bottom but with a little lee way on the hook?

ok my turn to sound dumb now mono is the same as the line you use on the reels yes or am i totally wrong? and whats the deal with coated braid? whats the difference between this and normal braid? sorry to hijack the original question but this is still on topic i think i'm just used to using normal drennan soft braid as hook link material to running rigs.

sorry guys didnt make much sense did i it was the hook link i was talking about i just let my bomb run on my main line and it was tangling alot almost every cast! i've read up on feathering i never tried that before so will have a go this weekend,going to set up the runner with tubing as well been reading up on ways to do that too,told you all i was still learning did'nt i!!

i tend to usually fish a bolt rig and a running rig but i've found that when casting the running lead it tends to wrap itself around the bomb if that makes sense! is there anyway that this can be avoided? i've thought of maybe trying a longer hook length as the size i've been using is quite short.any advice would be great guys and thanks in advance

very interesting might try that on lake!