Stephenm77 Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 can anyone help , do I fish heli rig slack or tight line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 I prefer slack as I can get away with usually, This was quite an interesting vid I watched the other day which may help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenm77 Posted May 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 Cheers buddy great video elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Stephenm77 said: can anyone help , do I fish heli rig slack or tight line Personally I think helicopter rigs should be fished with a tight line. Helicopter rigs have indication problems anyway, so you need the line as tight as possible to get best indication at the rod end. The fish have a lot of area that they can use to eject the hook in! At around 100metres with a helicopter set-up I have had fish move, with a tight line, 30metres for 1 bleep, and no movement on my hanger. You also need a stop up the line to stop the rig totally free movement. The only exception to a tight line is at short range, which kind of defeats the object Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpmaster Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 I’ve seen this somewhere a heli system with a shocker drop lead system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 I’m a big fan of the helicopter rig and use it almost exclusively, I usually fish tight lines and pin the line down behind the tubing or leader (dependant on venues and their rules on leadcore/leaders) with the smallest flying backlead that I can get away with. Despite the craze for slack lines, seemingly at all ranges, I never felt that confident with bite detection, on my waters, it’s all marginal work, casting up to 80/90yrds to far margin hotspots, (at these ranges, no flying backlead) a lot of bites (maybe 6-7/10) are full on drop backs as the hooked carp bolts off the marginal shelf into deep water, so they’re heading back towards me, and I don’t think slack lines would show up these bites so positively. If I’m fishing right under the tips with the rigs tight to the near margin, then I would consider slack lines, but to be honest, I’d usually fish them with a flying backlead and allow the mono a few minutes to sink and settle before gently tightening up to the backlead, then use the smallest lightest bobbin I have. elmoputney and Carpmaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 I tend to fish my lines as tight as I think I can get away with. So very roughly; up to 30 yards that's mega slack, 30-60 semi slack, past 60 pretty tight, past 80 bowstring. Carpmaster and Pete Springate's Guns 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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