river carping rigs

[carpycarp111]

Hi wondered what sort of rigs people use on a fast flowing river? Was sort of thinking a big grippa lead running rig style with a hooklinj of about 10-12'' . Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated.

[grangemilky]

Hi wondered what sort of rigs people use on a fast flowing river? Was sort of thinking a big grippa lead running rig style with a hooklinj of about 10-12'' . Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated.

 

 

Yes, exactly that. Simple is best. Braided mainline, rod tips high in the air, simple running rig, with a mono hooklink.

[salokcinnodrog]

As simple as you can get, although I used to use braid where the River Gipping was quite slow.

 

An inline lead, braided hooklink, knotless knotted and line aligned.

As much of my fishing was up close and personal on such a small river I was able to lower the lead and rig in with no worry about tangles.

 

On areas I had to cast, then a PVA bag kept it tangle free

[carpycarp111]

The river I'm going to be fishing is the yare really deep. why do you use braided mainlines? I think to be honest the first thing I've got to do is find were there hanging about.

[grangemilky]

The river I'm going to be fishing is the yare really deep. why do you use braided mainlines? I think to be honest the first thing I've got to do is find were there hanging about.

 

Braid is a million times thinner than mono, so it doesnt get effected as much by drag on the fast flowing water. To put it in perspective, I use a low diameter mono for my mainline, its 0.29mm thick, pretty thin for a 12lb mainline....the braid on my marker rod breaks at almost double the strain, it is 0.06mm thick.