Need rig feedback

[Juan pablo]

Hey yall, thanks in advance

Here's my problem, recently it's been very windy so the waters have been quiet rough. well after an hour i noticed my dark matter putty was gone from all 3 of my rigs. Fortunately i had a few dropshots, and after my session I still lost one. I'm on disabilitity money is tight and i can't be buying that expensive putty all the time, or at all it was a bday gift among other items. Thinking it through, I came up with this idea to shrinkwrap dropshots so I wont lose them again. I"m still learning about carp fishing, I use boilies mainly. Can this work ? if there's anythinmg i can do to make them work or jsut completely forget about this idea thanks again 

[Juan pablo]

some close up of the rigs i believe theyre all size 6 n 8s

[yonny]

1 hour ago, Juan pablo said:

recently it's been very windy so the waters have been quiet rough. well after an hour i noticed my dark matter putty was gone from all 3 of my rigs........

I came up with this idea to shrinkwrap dropshots so I wont lose them again.

There's plenty of alternatives to putty and yours looks like an acceptable solution, but I'd be asking why it's disappearing in the first place. Are you fishing rivers with big flow? Wind on a lake shouldn't be enough to remove putty. Are there crayfish in the waters you fish?

[Golden Paws]

https://esp-carpgear.com/product/balance-beads/

I've pretty much given up rig putty. I've lost too much and it doesn't seem to keep it's shape. I've been using ESP tungsten balance beads for quite a few years and can't see myself ever going back. The photo is a Flipper rig (the bottom bit of shrink tube pushes to the bend of the hook) and my bait has been nibbled away by roach or bream but the bead is on a Combi rig and pushes into the knot and pretty much stays there.

Its dead easy to reuse it as well, just push it onto a small baiting needle.

 

[framey]

2 hours ago, yonny said:

There's plenty of alternatives to putty and yours looks like an acceptable solution, but I'd be asking why it's disappearing in the first place. Are you fishing rivers with big flow? Wind on a lake shouldn't be enough to remove putty. Are there crayfish in the waters you fish?

If crays are in the water then Stay away from tungsten

[Juan pablo]

4 hours ago, yonny said:

There's plenty of alternatives to putty and yours looks like an acceptable solution, but I'd be asking why it's disappearing in the first place. Are you fishing rivers with big flow? Wind on a lake shouldn't be enough to remove putty. Are there crayfish in the waters you fish?

I stay in North Texas, some people refer it the beginning of tornado alley there's days. So it can be rough 

[salokcinnodrog]

The only putty I will use is still Kryston Heavy Metal. I have not found a good enough replacement. I've checked the new Heavy Metal, it is the same as the original, but as @Golden Paws has said, putty can get misshapen and in the hot weather in the UK at the moment, or Signal crayfish will pinch and eat it, (and tungsten loaded rig and anti-tangle tubing).

Your alternatives look good, and as long as they work.

I use match or pole anglers olivettes, either with the hole through the middle or fixed with tubing,  lock and slide, usually Drennan.

[OldBoy]

On 30/06/2025 at 20:02, Juan pablo said:

I stay in North Texas, some people refer it the beginning of tornado alley there's days. So it can be rough 

If you live in Trump land, why bother with rigs like that, surely a plain and simple mehthod feeder with maize flour etc and a simple Anmesia short link with tiger nuts or maize would be a lot easier and may produce results for you:

This might help: