tmjones Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hi guys.what line would you recommend for the boom section of this rig .I've just started to tie my own as the pool I fish is very clear.I used 15lb flourocarbon as a starter.help appreciated .thanks, tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 If I said Amnesia would you be surprised? In 20 or 30lb breaking strain, and black or clear dependant on lakebed. I honestly don't think that in many cases the hooklink really matters if it is camouflaged on the lakebed, there will be weed, twigs, sticks, stones and everything that all show up, and so break up the hooklink materials from being too obvious. Add to that, and in the depths of the lake, I bet your clear water is a lot more murky I think it was the first material used for a combi-rig tied to braid, and I started using it back in the 1990's and still use it today. The only change now I that I'm pretty much using Merlin for the braided section almost exclusively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blanksalot Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 I use the same materials bought for my chod rigs, esp stiff & mouthtrap both in 15lb, i have used coated braids for the boom but prefer the mono, once it's steamed over the kettle it stays quite rigid. Stiffer mono can but a tad fiddly to tie the hair too, as i found making some rigs recently. To make life easier when you fold the line over at the end the hair goes on, slide a large or xl sinker on first, keeping it on both parts of the line, this will hold the loop in place whilst tying the hair on. When the hair is tied slide the sinker up on both parts of the line and over the knot, trim tag end and voila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmjones Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Thanks guys, very informative as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Combi-rig pic and set up on this thread: https://forum.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=57620 The rig in the pic had actually been on the rods, and had recently landed a new PB for me, hence the knot tail of the mainline being just cut off the rods, and rig photographed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmjones Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Thanks nick, i'm just waiting for some mouthtrap in 15lb to be delivered .that should do I think.what length of braid do you recommend. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks nick, i'm just waiting for some mouthtrap in 15lb to be delivered .that should do I think.what length of braid do you recommend. Tim In the link, I know the bottom pic shows my rig length and make-up. That is not to say it is right or wrong, but I prefer to have two thirds of the length being the stiff material. I know others have different feelings on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfly83 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I have just started using a combi rig. If I'm honest it is just because they seem so popular. Are there any benefits to using a combi rig to just using a stiff coated braid and peeling back an inch or so? Which is what I normally would do...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grangemilky Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 No benefit at all, other than the fact you can completely fine tune how stiff, and how supple both parts are. You will never get a coated braid that is as stiff as how you can make a combi link. Rigmarole, hydrolink on the other hand.... superfly83 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I have just started using a combi rig. If I'm honest it is just because they seem so popular. Are there any benefits to using a combi rig to just using a stiff coated braid and peeling back an inch or so? Which is what I normally would do...... I use both the stripped back and the combi-rig. With a combi-rig, I would suggest that you check the knot between the materials after every fish, and change the hooklink regularly. I have had a knot fail after I played and landed a good 20, then without checking the knot between the braid and Amnesia cast out, and then lost another good fish when the knot gave way. My fault for NOT checking! With the stripped back hooklink, the same rig can be used to land a number of fish, obviously checking hook and the knots as well, but you only have to check hook knot and mainline join, compared to the 3 on the combi-link. superfly83 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Bruce Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Try using rigmarole hydro link for combi rigs you can tie them without the need to join two materials together theobeeus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theobeeus Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Personally I don't see the point in combi rigs and have tried them many, many times whilst doing far better on pure and semi stiff braids etc, and pure stiff rigs but I still like the idea of a combi and in my opinion the perfect material for it is fluoro I like my .37 Seaguar ace hard stuff a lot, I use it as a leader all the time and it is a lovely material. amazingly the BS is 23lb, and trust me that is a very unusual strength to diameter ratio for fluorocarb, most other readily available fluoros I have come across are horribly thick and ungainly best thing is try a few and dig around. In my opinion if you want a genuine proper combi rig you have to have that stiff section stiff, and while you're on the case, why not make it invisible too? Also be careful about what you are fishing over because if it is even slightly weedy you are going to have your hookbait sticking up at a horrible angle with anything at all other than very supple pure braid mate Edited March 25, 2014 by theobeeus superfly83 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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