What rig for a silty estate lake?
Bailiff's answer, from the Carp Army rig library and what members have caught on.
Bailiff says: Ronnie rig
Silty estate lakes call for a pop-up presented just above the debris where fish can find it cleanly. The Ronnie's spinning action gives excellent hooking on silt and it's a reliable modern standard for these venues.
Tweaks
- Fish on a helicopter setup so the hooklink sits above the silt
- Size 6 curve shank hook
- Use a bright single pop-up for visibility over dark silt
Ronnie rig
A pop-up on a spinner swivel with a curve shank hook, so the hook can turn 360 degrees. The modern pop-up standard.
Parts
Curve shank hook, size 4 to 6
Spinner swivel or hook ring swivel
Hook kicker, medium
Bait screw with ring
Tungsten putty
Stiff coated hooklink, 20lb, or boom section
Anti-tangle sleeve
Lead clip and tail rubber
3oz lead
Pop-up, 12 to 15mm
How to tie it
- Push the kicker onto the hook and the spinner swivel into the eye; add the hook ring swivel with the bait screw.
- Tie the hooklink to the spinner with a figure-of-eight loop.
- Mould putty on the hooklink an inch below the swivel until the pop-up sinks slowly.
- Screw on the pop-up.
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