binfield

funny

i was makeing a few rigs up today and was trying out different hair lengths, so i was wondering what length hair do you use. do you find shorter hairs work better than longer or viseversa?

always amazes me how people come up with these things.

how does this work then, is it the fizzing noise attracting the fish? a flavour or additive in the tablet

would the fizz not put the fish off? hav'nt heard of this rig.

to be honest mate there isn't any real reason to use a leader, if your using flouro it will probably be 20lb so will offer no more protection than your main line. If its concelement your after just uses a good quality main line .

i would use a flat pear but not inline as this will drag your bait into the silt. if the silt is 2 ft and you have a 6 inch hook link then thats 18inch of silt covering your bait. running rig or semi fixed i find work well in deep silt.

spot on why did,t i say that?

thats answered my next post good man tony

the pva bag or stringer seems to be the choice for most so i will give that ago. I was actually thinking of trying a combi rig, so will go with both and see how it goes. thanks alot fella's for the advice great as always

with the zig you need to find the right depth the fish are cruising. no point fishing 10ft length if the fish are at 5ft. i would start fishing at half depth then work up in the water from there as the session went on.

the max distance i'm casting is about 50yards. But most of the time its margin or close in at about 15to 20 yards. Have thought about using a coated braid stripped back to about 3inch before the quick link, to act as a sort of boom. The problem with that is i loose the camo element of the rig as i cant find a coated braid that comes close to the bed colour. I managed to find a supple braid that is a close match after a lot of searching. The carp are very weary and the water is quite clear .

i have used the zig a few times.but only in the shallower parts of the lake and the margins. This can be a very effective rig. the venue i fish has band floater fishing during the warmer months?, so i use the zig. have caught a fair few on the zig. Infact i plan on using black foam instead of cut down boilie for bait next time out. you should defo stick with this rig and try iy in the margins or shallows on your venue.

hello all. I've been using a braid hooklength lately but i'm having problems with tangling. not sure if its happening on the cast or retrieve.my set up is mainline through to hook length.no leader. i'm using a running rig with bead and quick change clip.i have been putting a small piece of tubing over the quick link to try and prevent a tangle but it isn't working. any help or advice would be most welcome.

will give it ago, as i said i do like the way this rig works. Cheers for the advice mate much appreciated.

this is rig i would like to try. Does the bore of the bead have to be bigger than the float stop?.

i had read about this rig but it was set up using a leader. It does sound like it would be quite effective. I just wasnt sure about the bead to stop the lead. With the leader set up the book said use a bait needle to get the bead on to the leader which made me think it wouldnt drop the lead if you got a break off . I dont use leaders so have never used ther shocker rig.

so i know the running rig is a fav, and quite safe but what about other rigs such as the shocker rig, can this be used without a leader, is it a safe rig to use at all.??.

interesting bit of reading tryzard. I was blinded by the science . happier for it though

dumping leads is a thing for thought. if a lake is fished by alot of anglers and just 5 of those anglers dumps a lead per week thats over 260 leads per year on the bed times that by years of lead dumping?. maybe somebody should be designing a lead that breaks down quickly

when you put it like that , a quid a fish isnt bad at all.

I like the idea of dumping the lead on the take, but that for me isnt practical both for cost reasons and also environmental reasons ie lake full of dumped leads. I didnt know it was possible to dump the lead on a running rig. Will look into those rings ,sounds like a very good idea.

I like the idea of using pva to secure the lead on the cast. I have tried using lead clips with just the tail rubber lightly pushed on the clip but always loose the lead on long casts, i will deffo give it ago. .

i use the striptease and IQ my self. i have a braid by berkely it says 12lb on the packet but when i tested it against 12 IQ the flouro snapped but i couldnt break the braid. is this common with braided hooklinks.?

i use the same set up. mainline through to my hook link, no tubing or leader.my hooklinks are quite simple. flouro with knotless knot, have been trying afew more though ie kd, combi( your idea ) got some coated materials to play about with also.