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Ron 'The Hat' Clay
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I know this section is devoted mainly to carp rigs, but I have had quite a bit of experience playing around with rigs to catch Trent barbel.
Maybe we can get Big Rik, Stuart, Frothey etc to comment on some of the rigs we use for barbel.
My standard Trent rig is as follows.
10lb fluorocarbon knotless knotted to 12, 10 or 8 hooks with a hair. I like the bait, eg pellet, boilie, lump of meat etc to be as close to the hook as possible.
The hook length is 3 to 4 feet long. At the top is a swivel.
To attach the rig, slide up the line a link swivel and a rubber bead. Then the line (at the moment 12lb Krystonite) is tied to the swivel. I use palomar knots here.
To the link can now be attached a whole assortment of leads depending on the current as well as a feeder if required.
This rig has caught me many barbel including quite a few doubles. The idea of the very long hooklength is to prevent the barbel being spooked by the angle of the main line in the water.
I used to use braid for my rigs but I found that the fluoro gives more positive bites.
Maybe we can get Big Rik, Stuart, Frothey etc to comment on some of the rigs we use for barbel.
My standard Trent rig is as follows.
10lb fluorocarbon knotless knotted to 12, 10 or 8 hooks with a hair. I like the bait, eg pellet, boilie, lump of meat etc to be as close to the hook as possible.
The hook length is 3 to 4 feet long. At the top is a swivel.
To attach the rig, slide up the line a link swivel and a rubber bead. Then the line (at the moment 12lb Krystonite) is tied to the swivel. I use palomar knots here.
To the link can now be attached a whole assortment of leads depending on the current as well as a feeder if required.
This rig has caught me many barbel including quite a few doubles. The idea of the very long hooklength is to prevent the barbel being spooked by the angle of the main line in the water.
I used to use braid for my rigs but I found that the fluoro gives more positive bites.