Paul Mallinson 2
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Cheeky because because I'm fishing for bream and Tench primarily but any carp that come along are a welcome bonus.
I fished a night about a week ago and caught 1 bream and 1 tench but I had a carp come off and the bream was hooked on the outside of the mouth. Because of this I'm trying to think about how to change my rigs and have come up with the following.
Running rigs (either leads or method feeders) - this is for better bite indication as the bream and tench do not scream off. The leads should not be too free running though and plenty heavy enough so that they still provide a self hooking effect.
Hooklenghts - Kryston snake bite 6 - 8 inches. from the eye of the hook there should be about 3 inches with the coating stripped back to provide suppleness and allow any fish to pick up the bait easily. The rest of the hooklength the coating should be left in place to provide stiffness and anti tangle properties.
Hooks Raptor T6's in size 8 - just a good reliable sharp hook.
Baits Poped up sweetcorn, one grain floating and one grain sinking. I was think of using the shot on the hook rig to keep the bait low in the water as I'm fishing over particles and groundbait and also to help the hook catch.
What do you all think of that? In your experience will that be an efficiant rig for hooking bream and tench?
Thanks
Paul
I fished a night about a week ago and caught 1 bream and 1 tench but I had a carp come off and the bream was hooked on the outside of the mouth. Because of this I'm trying to think about how to change my rigs and have come up with the following.
Running rigs (either leads or method feeders) - this is for better bite indication as the bream and tench do not scream off. The leads should not be too free running though and plenty heavy enough so that they still provide a self hooking effect.
Hooklenghts - Kryston snake bite 6 - 8 inches. from the eye of the hook there should be about 3 inches with the coating stripped back to provide suppleness and allow any fish to pick up the bait easily. The rest of the hooklength the coating should be left in place to provide stiffness and anti tangle properties.
Hooks Raptor T6's in size 8 - just a good reliable sharp hook.
Baits Poped up sweetcorn, one grain floating and one grain sinking. I was think of using the shot on the hook rig to keep the bait low in the water as I'm fishing over particles and groundbait and also to help the hook catch.
What do you all think of that? In your experience will that be an efficiant rig for hooking bream and tench?
Thanks
Paul