I am a beginner doing my first night session. What rig should I tie?
Bailiff's answer, from the Carp Army rig library and what members have caught on.
Bailiff says: The hair rig
As a beginner on your first night session, the hair rig is where everyone should start, and it catches fish everywhere on any bottom bait. It is simple to tie, forgiving of mistakes, and will teach you the fundamentals before you move on to fancier rigs.
Tweaks
- Size 6 wide gape hook
- Hooklink around 8 inches of supple braid
- Use a boilie you have confidence in, matched to your loose feed
The hair rig
The rig everything else grew from. A bottom bait on a hair off a wide gape hook, on a supple braided hooklink.
Parts
Wide gape hook, size 4 to 6
Coated braid hooklink, 20lb
Shrink tube, small
Hair stops
Size 8 ring swivel
Lead clip and tail rubber
3oz flat pear lead
Bottom bait boilie, 15 to 18mm
How to tie it
- Cut 25cm of hooklink and strip 2cm of coating from one end.
- Tie a small overhand loop in the stripped end for the hair.
- Thread the hook on and set the hair so the bait sits just off the bend, then whip a knotless knot with seven turns.
- Steam a piece of shrink tube over the eye so the hook turns.
- Tie a figure-of-eight loop at the other end and attach to the swivel with a quick link.
- Mount the bait on a baiting needle and stop it with a hair stop.
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