scoobydoo222 Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 When it warms up I am going to be fishing tiger nuts over a bed of hemp, tares, maples etc. I normally prefer a long(ish) hair when fishing boilies, but working on the principle that carp will probably "graze" over a large bed of particles (hoovering them up) as opposed to them taking individual boilies and moving to the next one, would I be better using a shorter hair with the nut just off the hook ? Any thoughts appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefull Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I think the length of the hooklink itself has more to do with hooking ability over particles, especially with regard to straightening and setting the hook against the lead. I keep my hairs the same length, normally around a 2cm separation of bait and hook, but I shorten the hooklinks themselves down from about 9-10" for a boilie approach to 4-5" at the most for particles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poleaxe21 Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Keep hooklink at 3-5" and fish the nut on a "D" arrangement. Well that would be my approach anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimysime Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 i prefer short hair in the summer as my head gets to hot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beza26 Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 When it warms up I am going to be fishing tiger nuts over a bed of hemp, tares, maples etc. I normally prefer a long(ish) hair when fishing boilies, but working on the principle that carp will probably "graze" over a large bed of particles (hoovering them up) as opposed to them taking individual boilies and moving to the next one, would I be better using a shorter hair with the nut just off the hook ? Any thoughts appreciated I would keep the bait a bit tighter to the hook for particles too mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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