I'm looking for ideas for a barbel rig, but I've put it here as the Barbel section doesn't get visited much, and it's not exclusive to any one species.
At a recent talk, Archie Braddock showed his rigs using short hooklengths. Instead of using a swivel and bead to double as a stop for lead/feeder and a connector for the hooklength, he was using sliding float stops to stop/trap the lead/feeder, then attaching 6" hooklengths via a quick-change connection.
I like the idea for four reasons: you can alter the distance from lead to hook without breaking down or tying a new hooklength on;you can change hooklength in a sec; you can store and carry a bunch of short hooklengths with different size hooks, bait attachments or even with bait already mounted etc more easily, and you can save on expensive braid by using less of it.
The only problem is, I didn't pay attention to what connector he used. So - what would you suggest, in terms of a swivel with a quick-change end? I don't like bead-type things as you can't bed a knot right down on anything wide, and the swivels I bought - ring one side/hook the other have hooks that are too tightly closed and pinch and flatten nylon, if that's what your hooklength is, as you put it on and take it off.
At a recent talk, Archie Braddock showed his rigs using short hooklengths. Instead of using a swivel and bead to double as a stop for lead/feeder and a connector for the hooklength, he was using sliding float stops to stop/trap the lead/feeder, then attaching 6" hooklengths via a quick-change connection.
I like the idea for four reasons: you can alter the distance from lead to hook without breaking down or tying a new hooklength on;you can change hooklength in a sec; you can store and carry a bunch of short hooklengths with different size hooks, bait attachments or even with bait already mounted etc more easily, and you can save on expensive braid by using less of it.
The only problem is, I didn't pay attention to what connector he used. So - what would you suggest, in terms of a swivel with a quick-change end? I don't like bead-type things as you can't bed a knot right down on anything wide, and the swivels I bought - ring one side/hook the other have hooks that are too tightly closed and pinch and flatten nylon, if that's what your hooklength is, as you put it on and take it off.