im fairly new to carp fishing as all i had ever done was fishing with a float and i swore then no way would i ever get into carp fishing per se but i have and i love it i love reading up about alternative rigs and i love trying them out, at the moment i dont catch very many but hopefully with experience my catch rate will go up. the question can we improve bottom rigs set me thinking and i hope someone can answer it it may very well have been asked before so here goes. what were the rigs like years ago and were they successful and do you think the rigs you are using now are better