howsey16 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Gents Iv been practising my rig tying skills recently, in particlular the chod rig. I have got it to a standard now that i am happy to fish with. Bombshell!!!! The next water we are fishing is apparently very weedy and the chod rig is banned. What would you use? Im thinking stiff hinge........? Thank you please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalthegooner Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Helicopter rig with a wafter. Edited February 22, 2015 by dalthegooner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howsey16 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Sorry should have said, helicopter banned too. It's at alderfen lake in doncaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalthegooner Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 PVA bag with a long hooklink and a wafter welder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howsey16 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Wot kind of hooklink? And what lead system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalthegooner Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 A lead clip with the tail rubber pushed on a minimal amount and a braid hooklink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howsey16 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 standard as you like. wafters then, or may critically balance some stuff which means i dont have to splash out on more bait as i dont have any wafters. just a snowman or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalthegooner Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Wafters, the posh way of saying critically balanced rosstheangler and welder 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 standard as you like. wafters then, or may critically balance some stuff which means i dont have to splash out on more bait as i dont have any wafters. just a snowman or something. Rig foam can be useful in situations such as this. Soak it in glug of your choice, something for next to nothing. Ian rosstheangler and dalthegooner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmarket Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Why on earth would a fishery ban chod/heli rigs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpbell_ll Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Why on earth would a fishery ban chod/heli rigs ? Seems to me some lakes are bringing in bans just to keep carp anglers off the waters, looked a few venues and can see no reason why they have such rules, one water I'm looking at has a hook size rule, nothing bigger than a size 8. An 18mm boilie would dwarf a size 8 hook, could add up to a lot of blown takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmarket Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just seems ridiculous to me . Heli set ups are a lot safer than other set ups I could mention . In my humble no nothing opinion of course , therefore I wont Hook size restrictions ? Jeez I'd like to hear there official reasoning on that one ffs ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosstheangler Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Why on earth would a fishery ban chod/heli rigs ? I think they class these rigs as a fixed lead, which I suppose technically it is. On their SPECIMEN lake the maximum hook size is a barbless size 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianain Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just seems ridiculous to me . Heli set ups are a lot safer than other set ups I could mention . In my humble no nothing opinion of course , therefore I wont Hook size restrictions ? Jeez I'd like to hear there official reasoning on that one ffs ..... It'll be the idiots as usual, can't think won't think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Okey cokey, I've got nothing against helicopter rig bans especially in weedy or snaggy waters, where a naked misused (unreleasable) chod could result in a trailing line and weed etc, a leader knot could add to the problem as it only takes a tiny bit of weed to jam up over a knot preventing the rig, beads etc being able to come off the line. To me, far better than a lead clip, is a lead link, paternoster, with the lead possibly on a weaker link, which can break free if required. On casting the lead pulls everything behind it. Have a lookie here: https://forum.carp.com/topic/1487-thick-weed-tactics/page-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmarket Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ah ok I remember that rig . And it explains the heli rig bans . Thanks Nick I must have been having one of those brain dead moments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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