Tweaks to this rig worth considering would include using a rig ring blow-back style trapping the hair to make the finished rig react faster when a fish inhales, mouths or tries to eject your hookbait. With pop up rigs it is normally best to position the rig ring so that it traps the hair [...]
What you need. Step 1. Mount a size 12 swivel onto a Pop-Up Hook Aligner (large Pop-Up Hook Aligner for size 6 hooks as shown). Step 2. Take 40cm of a supple, sinking skinned hooklink, Ultra Skin is ideal. Step 3. Don’t bother stripping it. Simply attach the hook [...]
Hook Stops and Swivels. Recommended hooklink. Step 1. Start by cutting a 1cm length of Large Covert Shrink Tube. Step 2. Position the shrink tube onto the hook shank before mounting the size 12 Kwik Lok Flexi-Ring Swivel onto the hook eye**. Step 3. Pull the [...]
The completed Horton Rig underwater. Step 1. Strip off 20cm of 35lb Ultra Skin. Step 2. Double over the hooklink and thread it through the hook eye and then add a Target Rig Swivel. Step 3. Pass the loop carefully over the point of the hook (Multi Rig [...]
Step 1. Skinned hooklinks like Ultra Skin are ideal for tying Blow Back Rigs. Step 2. Strip a 10cm portion of the Ultra Skin. Step 3. Tie a small overhand loop knot on the end, this will from the hair. Step 4. Attach a Small Covert Rig Ring. [...]
There's rigs and there are RIGS... Some stand the test of time and work year after year, others are more transient in nature, with tangible benefits being a figment of a twisted mind, but not offering any genuine advantage in terms of catching carp! This one however is very special, and it's a rig that’s [...]
Products to use. Step 1. Start with a simple 'knotless knot'. Step 2. This gives a simple and strong knot. Step 3. Mount a Gardner Size 20 Covert Swivel and a Covert Hook Stop. Step 4. Tie a 'Fig of 8 loop knot', this acts as [...]
On the whole, my angling has always been epitomised by a slow Darwinian like progression of understanding – from rigs and baits to a very basic conceptual understanding of what (sometimes) works and why. The fact of the matter is that there have few leaps in that slow development but one that stands [...]
Long hook lengths. For as long as I can remember this has been one of my favourite means of catching carp. Now I'm not talking about zig fishing, I'm talking about actual long hook lengths for bottom bait rigs and pop up presentations. Rigs that are simply much longer than what is considered [...]
Solid PVA bags can be a devastating method to use in carp fishing. They can be used anywhere but they are especially good in weedy lakes as the weight of the bag will flatten any weed it lands on and as the bag melts it leaves a small pile of bait with the hook bait sat enticingly in the middle of it.
What you’ll need... Step 1. Strip the coating off 16 inches of Target Gravel Speciskin using a Gardner 'Peel & Pull' Stripper Tool. Step 2. Tie a size 12 Covert Mugga on with a knotless knot and ‘blob’ the tag end (optional). Step 3. Using a sewing needle [...]
BOOM SECTION Boom 1 . For the neatest possible loops Gardner recommends anglers learn how to tie the ‘Non Slip Loop Knot’ (or use a fig. 8 Loop Knot). Boom 2. Start with a simple Overhand Knot, thread on a Covert Mini Rig Swivel and pass the tag back through the [...]
Step 1. The Clone can be tied with all sorts of monofilamants, but our current favourite is our excellent Trick-Link material - made for the job... Step 2. There are two patterns of hooks in the Gardner range suited to use in the Clone rig - the Covert Incizor or the Chod [...]
The combination of a sharp hook and soft supple braided hooklink has accounted for thousands upon thousands of carp captures and will continue to do so where ever it is used.
BOOM SECTION Use a soft skinned hooklink like Ukltra Skin to allow the Boom Section to settle down flush to the lake bed. Step 1. Start off tying a size 12 Covert Flexi-ring swivel to Ultra Skin boom using a 4 turn Grinner. Step 2. Tie a figure of [...]
What you'll need... Step 1. This rig works best with a dedicated monofiment hooklink. Step 2. Form a simple knotless knot and trim off the excess tag. Step 3. Thread a size 20 Target Rig Swivel onto the hook. Step 4. Next thread on a Covert [...]
Finished rig and components. Step 1. Attach a float on to the mainline, top and bottom with 3.2mm Latex Bait Bands. Step 2. Tie the mainline and the weak lead link to a Large Covert Rig Ring. Step 3. Tie a couple of overhand granny knots along the lead link to weaken [...]
What you'll need... Step 1. Start off by threading a flatliner onto your mainline with a safety bead either side. Step 2. Tie a loop knot in the end of your main line. We have used a single overhand loop for this. Step 3. Cut off enough 12Ib [...]
What you need... Step 1. Take around 10 inches of 5lb Target fluorocarbon and using a sharp pair of scissors cut the end. Step 2. Tie a simple double overhand knot and pull tight. Step 3. Thread on your hook bait, in this case a 6mm pellet. Step 4. Leave a [...]
