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. When: Any water, any bottom bait. Start here if in doubt.
14Captures logged on this rig
27lbBest on it
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Parts · 0 of 8 stocked by Carp Army shops
Hook: Wide gape hook, size 4 to 6
Hooklink: Coated braid hooklink, 20lb
Strip the last inch for a supple hinge
Strip the last inch for a supple hinge
Shrink tube: Shrink tube, small
For a kicker over the eye
For a kicker over the eye
Hair stop: Hair stops
Swivel: Size 8 ring swivel
Lead system: Lead clip and tail rubber
Lead: 3oz flat pear lead
Hookbait: Bottom bait boilie, 15 to 18mm
In the app, every stocked part goes in your basket with one tap. 8 parts aren't stocked by a Carp Army shop yet.
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.
Tips
- A blob of putty on the hooklink an inch from the hook pins it down.
- Sharpen the point or change the hook after every fish.
Caught on this rig
27lb MirrorDaniel Silvester · 1 month ago
27lb MirrorDaniel Silvester · 1 year ago
26lb MirrorDaniel Silvester · 1 year ago
24lb CommonLee Hayward · 1 month ago
23lb MirrorDaniel Silvester · 1 year ago
22lb LeatherNubz · 1 month ago
20lb MirrorNubz · 4 months ago
20lb MirrorNubz · 11 months ago
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