Carp rigs, with the parts, the steps, and the fish they've caught.
Ten rigs every carp angler should know, plus what Carp Army members have built from them. Each one shows how many captures have been logged on it here, and in the app every part is matched to a shop so the whole rig goes in a basket in one tap.
The hair rigBottom bait · Carp Army library
The rig everything else grew from. A bottom bait on a hair off a wide gape hook, on a supple braided hooklink.
14 captures logged on this rig, best 27lb
The rig everything else grew from. A bottom bait on a hair off a wide gape hook, on a supple braided hooklink.
14 captures logged on this rig, best 27lb
Blow-back rigBottom bait · Carp Army library
A hair rig with a rig ring on the shank so the bait can be blown back without ejecting the hook.
4 captures logged on this rig, best 32lb
A hair rig with a rig ring on the shank so the bait can be blown back without ejecting the hook.
4 captures logged on this rig, best 32lb
KD rigWafter · Carp Army library
A knotless knot tied so the hair exits partway down the shank, giving an aggressive hook angle.
No captures logged on it yet
A knotless knot tied so the hair exits partway down the shank, giving an aggressive hook angle.
No captures logged on it yet
Ronnie rigPop-up · Carp Army library
A pop-up on a spinner swivel with a curve shank hook, so the hook can turn 360 degrees. The modern pop-up standard.
32 captures logged on this rig, best 39lb
A pop-up on a spinner swivel with a curve shank hook, so the hook can turn 360 degrees. The modern pop-up standard.
32 captures logged on this rig, best 39lb
Hinged stiff rigPop-up · Carp Army library
A stiff boom and a short stiff hook section joined by a ring swivel. A pop-up rig that resets itself.
5 captures logged on this rig, best 30lb
A stiff boom and a short stiff hook section joined by a ring swivel. A pop-up rig that resets itself.
5 captures logged on this rig, best 30lb
Chod rigPop-up · Carp Army library
A very short stiff pop-up rig that runs free on the leader above the lead, so it presents over anything.
11 captures logged on this rig, best 34lb
A very short stiff pop-up rig that runs free on the leader above the lead, so it presents over anything.
11 captures logged on this rig, best 34lb
Helicopter rigBottom bait · Carp Army library
The hooklink rotates around the leader above the lead. Casts well, resists tangles, and can be fished on top of weed.
1 capture logged on this rig, best 31lb
The hooklink rotates around the leader above the lead. Casts well, resists tangles, and can be fished on top of weed.
1 capture logged on this rig, best 31lb
Solid PVA bag rigSolid bag · Carp Army library
A short supple rig inside a solid PVA bag of pellet or crumb. The hookbait lands in a pile of food, wherever it lands.
10 captures logged on this rig, best 33lb
A short supple rig inside a solid PVA bag of pellet or crumb. The hookbait lands in a pile of food, wherever it lands.
10 captures logged on this rig, best 33lb
Zig rigZig · Carp Army library
A buoyant bait fished up in the water on a long mono hooklink. Catches fish that never go near the bottom.
1 capture logged on this rig, best 18lb
A buoyant bait fished up in the water on a long mono hooklink. Catches fish that never go near the bottom.
1 capture logged on this rig, best 18lb
Surface controller rigSurface · Carp Army library
A controller float, a long mono hooklink and a floating hookbait. For fish on top in summer.
No captures logged on it yet
A controller float, a long mono hooklink and a floating hookbait. For fish on top in summer.
No captures logged on it yet
Ask Bailiff which rig
Describe the water and what you're after, and Bailiff picks a rig from this library with the tweaks to make. In the app, under Rigs.