What rig for a busy day-ticket runs water?
Bailiff's answer, from the Carp Army rig library and what members have caught on.
Bailiff says: Blow-back rig
On a busy day-ticket runs water the fish see rigs constantly and learn to blow baits back out, so the rig ring lets the bait move without ejecting the hook. It's a simple, reliable bottom bait rig that keeps catching where pressured fish have wised up to standard hairs.
Tweaks
- Size 6-8 wide gape hook
- Hooklink around 6-8 inches
- Match hookbait to your loose feed (boilie or wafter)
Blow-back rig
A hair rig with a rig ring on the shank so the bait can be blown back without ejecting the hook.
Parts
Wide gape hook, size 4 to 6
Rig rings, 3mm
Coated braid hooklink, 20lb
Shrink tube
Size 8 swivel
Lead clip and tail rubber
3oz lead
Wafter or bottom bait
How to tie it
- Tie the hair loop, slide a rig ring onto the hooklink, then pass the hair through the ring.
- Thread the hook and knotless-knot it with the ring trapped on the shank opposite the barb.
- Steam a kicker on the eye.
- Loop to a swivel on a lead clip; 3oz flat pear.
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