Rig marole.

[finchey]

I've never tied chod rigs before and one of the waters I'm going to be fishing this year requires them so is this any good for the job or can anybody else recommend something else that they use.

[commonly]

Excellent choice mate! 

I only use their hooklink material. Hydro link is the dogs!!

No need for steaming with the fluro, just pull it into the desired shape of your chod. 

You can't go wrong with it IMO! 

[finchey]

37 minutes ago, commonly said:

Excellent choice mate! 

I only use their hooklink material. Hydro link is the dogs!!

No need for steaming with the fluro, just pull it into the desired shape of your chod. 

You can't go wrong with it IMO! 

Excuse my ignorance but what knots do you use when tying a chod rig and is this material easy too knot?🙂👍

[commonly]

I prefer a 3 turn blood knot, tightened up with pulling tools, never had a slip. 

The guy doing a demo at the show when I started used a simple look knot!! It's quite a stiff material, so the usual 5 turns isn't necessary. 

[finchey]

3 hours ago, commonly said:

I prefer a 3 turn blood knot, tightened up with pulling tools, never had a slip. 

The guy doing a demo at the show when I started used a simple look knot!! It's quite a stiff material, so the usual 5 turns isn't necessary. 

I will get some ordered and give it a go.🙂👍

[yonny]

@finchey I use the CAMH2O. It's very good stuff. It makes a pretty funky boom as well as a great chod link. It pulls straight, no steaming required.

It's no harder to knot than any other stiff filament type link. I find even a 2 turn blood knot is enough with the 25 lb stuff which is what I'd recommend.

[yonny]

On 01/01/2020 at 19:37, commonly said:

Hydro link is the dogs!!

It is mate, and to this day completely unique.

Have a go with the Specimon for zigs lads. It's something else.

Rig Marole are my got-to for any link other than coated braid.

 

[commonly]

1 hour ago, yonny said:

Specimon for zigs

Yep, got it in 10 lb. 

Still waiting for the red letter day on zigs to come though. I plan to perserver with them!! 

[finchey]

2 hours ago, yonny said:

25 lb stuff which is what I'd recommend

I went for the 20lb do you think this will be ok or shall I order some 25lb?🙂👍

[yonny]

2 minutes ago, finchey said:

I went for the 20lb do you think this will be ok or shall I order some 25lb?🙂👍

It'll be fine buddy. I'd use a 3 turn blood for the 20👍

[salokcinnodrog]

26 minutes ago, Enzyme said:

Hydrolink Micro is absolutely horrible (note the MICRO)

It is extremely thin for a 25lb braid, and has a horrible rough surface texture - it cuts soft mouthed carp's gobs to ribbons

I haven't touched Rigmarole since, but to be fair they are not the only ones producing terrible hooklinks:

Anchor braid from ESP and Atomic Bare-Bak are equally nasty

I found Kryston Supersilk to be too thin for its breaking strain, there were only two of their hooklinks I didn't get on with, that and Jackal, which I found would strip itself far too easily. The coating wasn't tough enough.