daleg2008

You mis-understood me, i mean purely on the cast. i have so many more questions what knots are the best for a fluro hooklink? also can i use a hair rig style, instead of the d rig style?

i am using coated braid, as a hooklink. they were around the 5 inch mark. is there a pic of your actual set up? also will the kryston superstiff give braid the stiffness quality of fluoro? no not a big fan of food parcels. the sand is a brilliant idea oh one more, does the mainline have any influence on tangles? thanks

Hi Sam, I use running rigs with light leads all the time now and I have messed around with all sorts of beads etc and the best that I can find at the moment are the ESP "helicopter buffer bead." They are a longish bead which fits right over the swivel and i then use a quick link for attaching my hook link with a long tapered boom which covers the quick link and fits inside the opening of the buffer bead. All knots and swivel etc are then covered and keeps it nicely tangle resistant. Hope that helps mate. Keith Hey keith, i have been using running rigs since i started fishing in august. i couldnt use straight through mainline because i was getting tangles on every cast. as soon as i switched to tubing tangles were a thing of the past. how do you do it? lol

Ooer Mrs I believe that there is another thread mentioning Superstiff somewhere, and a sneaky little tip about a Concertina rig hahaha now read that back to my self. ill give it a search thanks

If they are feeding hard i go for short. if im struggling for a bite i go long. no idea why, but it works for me.

Thanks for all the replies. much appreciated now bought some superstiff, looking forward to using it.

Just feather the cast with your finger and then you will be able to keep a fairly tight line for when it hits the water. Also keep your rod tip high and just as its about to hit the surface i lower the rod with it. Then as it hits the bottom you will feel the rod bounce back and the line will go slack. is it the same princepal if using the clip?

Cheers guys, some nice ideas there. i have heard alot about feeling the lead down. how do you do that? it must be hard to get an tight line on the cast :s

I am looking at getting the best presentation on the bottom of the lake. well as much as can possibly achieved. i don't like using pva, i will explain why. i am basically an boile angler, i usually cast out my rig and scatter anything from 6 boilies to 5 kilo worth, depending on the fishing situation. now why i don't like pva, if you have your boiles scattered about, the carp are then picking these off one by one. then he comes across your rig, with the crushed boilies etc.... that were in the pva bag. he thinks hang on, none of the other boilies had this extra bait around it. i think the extra bait just causes more attention to the rig. also so many carp are caught on this method. maybe i am being to paranoid but thats me. anyway, back to my oringinal question, will coated hooklinks, foam, short hooklink and anti tangle sleeve, cut down on the majority of tangles? i also use the clip alot, this should help straighten out the rig in water. right? cheers