Rig Tying Tutorials

Barbel Rig

What you need... Step 1. Tie a simple knotless knot using a size 10 Target Specimen hook. We prefer a short hair when using this rig. Step 2. Tie a simple double overhand loop, which makes it quick and easy to change the hooklength. Step 3. Add a couple of small [...]

T Rig

What you need... Step 1. Strip back 4 inches of coating, our favourite is 10lb Target Speciskin in gravel. Tie a double overhand loop to form the hair. Step 2. Mount an imitation buoyant maggot length ways and a buoyant caster sideways, this creates a 'T-shape' hook bait. [...]

Mohawk Rig

What you need... Step 1. Tie a small size 16 Target Specimen Hook to the length of Trickster braid using your prefered knot. Step 2. Pierce a piece of bouyant Enterprise Tackle imitation corn through the narrow end first with a baiting needle as shown. Step 3. Thread [...]

Chod Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Start off by threading the Trip Wire through the eye of a Chod Hook this way. Step 2. Create a loop - it may need to be larger so you can whip it up the hook shank. Step 3. When it comes to [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

Mag Aligner Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Tie a size 11 or 12 Mugga on with a knotless knot and 'blob' the tag (optional). Step 2. Using a sewing needle pierce the rubber grub (orientation as shown)... Step 3. ...and carefully thread it onto your hooklink. Step 4. Push the grub over [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

Multi Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Skinned hooklinks are perfect for tying Multi-Rigs. We've chosen Sly Skin as it's the stiffest skinned hooklink in the GT range. Cut off 6 inches more than the finished hooklink. Step 2. Form a Fig.8 loop knot at both ends. Make sure the loop at [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

Zig Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Start off by tying a 3mm loop and tying a size 12 Mugga hook on with a 6 turn whipping knot. It's important you keep the overall hair about 5mm. Step 2. Cut off a small section of Zig Rig Foam. About 1cm is ample [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

Pop Up Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Start off by attaching the Long Shank Mugga to the Vigilante with a simple knotless knot. Step 2. Trim off excess as the hookbait will be mounted on a rig ring, not a hair. Step 3. Push 1cm of 0.5mm silicon tubing up [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

Clone Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Start of with a knotless knot - for D-rigged bottom baits and our chod rig about 9 turns is about right. Step 2. Put on a small Covert Rig Ring. Step 3. Create 'D' by looping the hair with the rig ring back [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

KD Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Strip 10cm of Sly Skin. Step 2. Start the KD rig with 7 turns up the shank. Step 3. Fold back the hair and whip a couple more turns round the hook. Step 4. The finished hook and hair should look [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

Corn Rig

What you'll need... Step 1. Strip 10cm of Sly Skin. Step 2. Using the exposed supple section form a simple hair loop. Step 3. Fold back the hair and whip a couple more turns round the hook. Step 4. Measure the hook length to the correct [...]

January 22nd, 2014|Carp Rig Tying, Rig Tying|

Lewis Read Talks D-Rigs

The simple approach will nearly always catch you fish, but now and again we may come up against particularly tricky fish. In reality they aren’t hard to hook because they are super intelligent - far from it in fact! Normally it’s just because of the way the fish are feeding on the bait. Quite often [...]

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