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The rig on your link is the simplest you will find and will catch carp from any venue.
 
If it ain't broke and all that.

Me too, thank you.

Me too, thank you.

I'm currently listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, narrated by Stephen Fry

these are awesome

I like a bright pop up with a small rig ring to hold it in place. Then I attach the floss and about 6 to 8 maggots to the ring. I'll be using this on Friday if I get out

It definitely works, personally I prefer a drilled bottom bait, with a cork insert, on a fairly long and supple hair. It partly works because of the aggressive angle between the bait and hook, but I think it mainly works because of the way it is ejected. When the bait is ejected, it drags the hook out from the eye end of the hook first, giving the point of the hook a better chance of findng purchase.
 
It's for that reason that I don't like rigs with tubing or hook stops on or near the bend of the hook. In that case, when the bait is ejected, it drags the hook out from the bend first. (I know they do work, but I think it lessens your chances).

Looks like they all work out about the same price, give or take a few pennies. The ESP Stiff Rig appears to be slightly cheaper than the Korda Mouthtrap, but their hooks are slightly more expensive.
 
The Korda ready mades are actually cheaper than the ESP ones, and the Gardner ready mades are more expensive than both. I'd imagine a bit of shopping around might find better prices for one or the other, but in each case the difference between ready mades and diy is negligible.
 
So, anyone who struggles to tie these (and they are a pesky little blighter to tie), with a view to saving money, don't bother, the ready mades are good value.

Looks like they all work out about the same price, give or take a few pennies. The ESP Stiff Rig appears to be slightly cheaper than the Korda Mouthtrap, but their hooks are slightly more expensive.
 
The Korda ready mades are actually cheaper than the ESP ones, and the Gardner ready mades are more expensive than both. I'd imagine a bit of shopping around might find better prices for one or the other, but in each case the difference between ready mades and diy is negligible.
 
So, anyone who struggles to tie these (and they are a pesky little blighter to tie), with a view to saving money, don't bother, the ready mades are good value.

No, they are live maggots. I use 3 or 4 at a time, no problems with buoyancy. You could use fake or better still a mixture. I like the movement from the live ones.

No, they are live maggots. I use 3 or 4 at a time, no problems with buoyancy. You could use fake or better still a mixture. I like the movement from the live ones.

ZIG ALIGNA. For a pop-up, chod or zig.
Thread the maggots onto a needle and bait floss, pass the needle under the band and tie them on.
You can dispense with the ZIG ALIGNA and just tie them onto rig foam (works for me).
 

ZIG ALIGNA. For a pop-up, chod or zig.
Thread the maggots onto a needle and bait floss, pass the needle under the band and tie them on.
You can dispense with the ZIG ALIGNA and just tie them onto rig foam (works for me).
 

ZIG ALIGNA. For a pop-up, chod or zig.
Thread the maggots onto a needle and bait floss, pass the needle under the band and tie them on.
You can dispense with the ZIG ALIGNA and just tie them onto rig foam (works for me).
 

As mentioned before, I have made some adjustments to the way I tie the rig and also how it is mounted on the main line.
 
The rig is tied pretty much the same but the swivel has changed from a large eye to a ring swivel. This is because I can then have the shot mounted on a loop of floss under the swivel and mainline pulling everything down in a much neater way than having it on the loop knot on the rig.
 

 

 
When the shot is mounted like this, the rig wasn’t ‘flying’ off the shock sleeve as well as previous so I needed to alter this a bit.
I still wanted to protect the line during the fight so the obvious solution was a small length of rig tube inserted into a helicopter bead. This was pulled through and then ‘blobbed’ with a lighter to hold it in position without the need of any glue.
 

 
I have now, after Jez’s suggestion, employed the use of a Korda sinker to set my depth along with the ESP bead.
I am now totally happy that I am using a safe rig that sits nicely.