Pop-up reverse combi-rig.

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While I've had a few fish recently,  i've been working with a version of the reverse combi-rig for pop-ups on one rod on the syndicate.

The 'boom' section is Kryston Snakeskin or Jackal, tied to Gardner Tripwire and a knotless knotted D-rig with putty covering the hooklink join.

The 360 rig is OK on weedfree areas, but where it is patchy, the reverse combi-rig seems to be a better option.

I've actually fished the two rigs side by side, so got a fair comparison.

On the 6 fish session, every rig produced: critically balanced 12mm pop-up over hemp, 2 carp, the 360 rig, 2 carp (the two largest), and the reverse combi 2 and lost one. That area of the lake there is plenty of clear lakebed.

This session (so far) it was the reverse combi-rig that produced and it was on the same line as the 360, about 10metres away, but last week the 360 was coming in weed covered, although that could be from where it was drifting.

It may also be bait, a bright fluoro pink pop-up as opposed to a neutral feed bait pop-up, but the reverse combi is definitely giving food for thought as I had a tench on it last week and nothing to the other two rigs. I did have a small tench last night on the multi-rig over hemp and sweetcorn.

This is the rig that landed the 33lb fish this week.

 

The only problem is that the VMC hook is just starting to rust by the eye.