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PVA Bag Rig with in-line
This is the rig I like to use when fishing over spotted beds of smaller baits on the heavier stocked/more pressured waters. Everything including the lead is placed inside the bag giving a perfect presentation once dissolved, eliminating the possibility of tangles and bad presentation.
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The rig itself is normally used at around 3 to 4 inches in length and has a short section of shrink tube steamed to the hook to help the hook to turn once picked up, with a small piece of silicone sleeve keeping the hair in place.
Two half centimeter lengths of the outer coating of the hooklength are removed; one near the hook and one near the swivel to enable the rig to be folded on itself to fit into the PVA bag nicely and also give the short rig a bit of movement when approached, with an inch of the inner of leadcore coiled around the middle coated part of the rig to keep everything on the bottom. |
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As the rig is so short in length, I take the leadcore around the in-line lead rather than through the lug of the lead, attaching it to the top of the lead again by sliding the tail rubber over both the end of the lug of the lead and the leadcore – this enables the fish to get rid of the lead not long after being hooked and removes all chances of the lead bouncing around during the fight and causing a hook pull, of which the chances are definitely higher with a shorter rig… |
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The outer coating of the hooklength is removed in half centimeter sections at the hook and swivel end’s of the rig to enable the rig to lie as flat as possible on the lakebed.
Finally, the swivel end of the rig consists of an overhand knot, tied so that the doubled up length of coated hooklength is around two inches long. |
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| The loop is passed through the ring on swivel, with the hook end of the rig being pushed through the loop at the swivel end of hooklength, once pulled tight the rig is lassoed to the swivel with the added bonus of the hooklength having double the normal stiffness near to the swivel and leadclip where a big percentage of tangles occur… |
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Critically Balanced/Pop-up Rig on Lead Clip
When fishing less clear areas/weedier waters, this is the rig I will choose, normally with a critically balanced bait. As is explained on the swivel end of my ‘Bottom Bait Rig’ I like to use a doubled hooklength at the swivel end, only on this rig the doubled hooklength is also used at the hook end of the rig – this makes the hooklength more stiff where connected to hook and makes it harder for the fish to eject.
I also prefer a ring swivel on this rig so to achieve the same ‘laying down/hinge effect’ of hooklength that a stiff link provides. Half a centimeter of coating is removed just past the knot of the doubled hooklength nearest the hook to make a hinge and an inch section of inner leadcore is wrapped around the rig to aid sinking and help create the hinge effect. The hair is held in place with a short section of silicone tube and dependant on whether using as a rig for a critically balanced bait or a pop-up; either a small sliding shot is added onto the shank of the hook (as shown in pic) or for a pop-up presentation, putty can be moulded around the knot of the doubled hooklength nearest the hook to balance… |
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