tel90

I'll keep my rigs the same, maybe use a flurocarbon hooklink if the waters really clear. Tactic wise the deeper water tends to be where the fish hold up in the colder months on my club lake, not to hopefull though, it did 1 fish last year through dec, jan and feb mind you saying that it was a paticually nasty winter, brrrrrrr.

Enterprise do a glow in the dark corn that can be charged up with a special torch. Will work better and be safer for the fish imo

This just goes to show that every water is different, though i would say that sun up is def a brilliiant time on most waters. I've fished waters that very rarely produce during the day and others that prodominently fish better in the hours of sunlight, sometimes they just eat when they feel like it!!!!! Surely this is why we love our sport, because as long as there is a bait in the water, camoflauged or not, there is always a chance!!!

food for thought gents and something that i seem to have over looked. So to pin the line down within the vicinity of the rig blobs of putty spaced a metre behind the lead?????? Can't belive that if a product is that dangerous it has been allowed to remain on the market for such a long period of time??? I always thought large companys such as mentioned would be at the forefront of carp fishing and carp fishing safety

I agree that the piece of tubing, where the tail rubber goes is too long (assuming that this is why you think that they are dangerous because the tail rubber will take some serious pressure to come off) but i always spit on the section where the tail rubber goes and never push it all the way down, this coupled with a quick test before castin out ensures the rig is compleatly safe

just a thought guys that if we do away with all forms of tubing, leadcore, leaders etc and replace them with putty direct to the mainline wont this lie flush to to the bottom and give the potential to chafe and damage the line???? espacially when the fish picks up the bait and runs with it??? I know that this won't be the case everytime but we can't be compleatly sure what we are fishing over 100% of the time or when fishing over gravel. I use leadcore leaders for 90% of the time and buy the ESP ready made up ones that i know are compleatly safe for the fish if the worst happens. I have all the different colours to suit every type of lake bed and it just gives me that little extra confidence that everything is pinned down and strong against any sharp objects on the lakebed

there's a rig i've found on here using the search bar that looks good and not to difficult to tie. type into the search bar, multi rig d rig, there's a link that takes you to a site featurin mike kavanagh with step by step pics, worth a look me thinks

blimey, contrversial isn't the word. I've decided that considering the lake i'm fishing doe's contain queit a head of doubles that it would be best to leave this one alone, i'm not particually willing to join the debate (and a large debate it seems to be) on is it or is it not safe mainly due to the fact i have no experience on using this rig. I have several other rigs i'm playing around at the mo and if they're is a chance it could do some damage i'm not willing to hav a go. thanx for your advice anyway though gents.

ya learn something new everyday hey, lol. thanks just wanted to make sure all is safe before i go using something new and unsure of. been told it's real difficult for the fish to get rid of once they've picked it up, something that rather appeals to me on one of the water i'm fishing at the mo

where the stripped braid meets the coated braid, that should allow the bait to sit about an inch off the bottom.

hi everyone, i've been tinkering with an idea of using the 360rig on a quiet pressured water of been fishing but am quite unsure on the correct way of tying it and secondly the safety side of it. where they say to put a swivel over the hook point down to the eye so the hook can move around freely, won't that create a strange angle when there's a fish attached??? I've seen it tyed up this way on several different sites on the net but wouldn't want to use something that is dangerous to our quarry??? any ideas?????

you could make the same rig just add a shot where the stripped braid meets the coated braid to keep it down, test it before you cast out though to make sure the shots heavy enough to stop the bait from floating straight up off the lead, unless you want to fishi it like that of course.

you could make loads of different rigs with that little lot chap. use the snake skin with about an inch peeled back and the esp hooks to make a simple knotless knot rig, it'll catch you plenty of fish. If your unsure on tying it and like me need to see it being done to compleatly get it have a look on you tube, there's loads of vids to help you on your way