Here's a few well
recognised basic rigs for reference including a brief description of
the best situation for each. Click on the rig type below for details or scroll through the selection.
RIG
13 - ARTIFICIAL BAIT RIG When
rigging a jelly worm or plastic shad bait, you will need to
get the hook positioning right so that the bait falls well
in the water, doesn't spin and provides you with a good hook
set when the bait is taken.
Rigging
a worm
Pass the point of the hook through the nose of the jellyworm
and out of the body about a cm away from the entry point.
Push the hook shank all the way through so that the eye of
the hook is right up next to the jellyworm. Turn the hook
through 180 degrees so that the point is then facing down
onto the body of the jellyworm again and place the hook into
its body as shown making sure that the final result is a straight
jellyworm.
Rigging a Shad
Using a wide gape hook, pass the hook point through the nose
of the Shad as with a worm and feed the Shad onto the shank
of the hook all the way until the hook is able to exit the
body in the centre of the Shad's back. If the hook exited
the Shad through it's belly the Shad is likely to spin on
the retrieve.
If you find that the Shad still spins you could use a lead
head hook (a hook with a weight at the top of the shank as
shown in the picture) which should stop the spinning.
Carp Rods
