Hair length and pre-tied rigs

[tancho321]

Just been thinking about rigs for when I finally get back out. I was looking at hair length and tying rigs before getting to the water. How long do people like their hairs on average and do people tie before they go or at the water? What rigs do you tend to have pre-tied, if any?

[muftyboy]

personally i like a long hair , i like to have a lot of separation between bait and hook , i like to think that it gives better hooking potential but im sure there will be people who disagree.

[adamsnell]

I tend to fish short hairs with a couple of mms between the hook and the bait

 

And yes i do tie rigs up b4 i get to the bank i have normal hair rigs blow back rigs kd rigs snowman rigs chod rigs the reason for this is for variety if 1 of them dont work for you if you put your hooklinks on quick change links you can just swap around untill you start getting takes

[adam77]

Depends what rig im using but the rig im using at the moment has half about half a centimeter of separation, i believe this allows the rig mechanics to work properly

[peteblount]

the biggest bearing on hooklegnth will be a couple of things, the size of hook you are using and the size of hookbait you are using in my opinion

[muftyboy]

the biggest bearing on hooklegnth will be a couple of things, the size of hook you are using and the size of hookbait you are using in my opinion

i have done quite well on small baits with long hairs and size 6 hooks in the past, especially on cold winter days when all my friends have struggled for bites.

 

mufty

[cobleyn]

I always like a long hair for bottom baits.

[wk9187]

I like to use short(ish) hairs about 5mm seperation with the hair coming off the bend

 

Personally I think this a good starting point as you can always make it longer with some hair extenders if the situation dictates.

 

 

I tend to have two type pre tied - normal bottom bait with hair coming off the shank and KD style for use with pop up/wafters - this covers 99% of my fishing situations

[andy52]

Ok let me get this straight , cob likes a long hairy bottom

[peteblount]

I like my hair short.. but my ears dont half get cold

[tancho321]

Thanks for the replies all. Interesting to see everyone's different opinions on the subject. My preference has always been a shorted separation but am beginning to think I may need to lengthen it slightly. As a relative newbie I have always been concerned as to having a long hair and it being too long for a Carp's mouth - daft I know as the mouth is huge but was always slightly neurotic about it. Just part of the learning curve I guess

[garysj01]

Ok let me get this straight , cob likes a long hairy bottom

 

[cobleyn]

I have no valid retort.

 

 

My name is Cob...and I like long hairy bottoms.

[welder]

I like my hair short.. but my ears dont half get cold

 

I shave my head. Everything from the neck up gets cold.

 

Ian

[peteblount]

I like my hair short.. but my ears dont half get cold

 

I shave my head. Everything from the neck up gets cold.

 

Ian

 

Yes im afraid i have to admit i to also shave from the neck up only because if i didnt i would look like a flippin Monk, so a quick polish in the morning and im done