Don't do what I did and not bother buying the pieces because it looked complicated. Believe me it's not and it feels very rewarding when you go fishing using your own, home made, fishing rigs and even more so when you start landing great fish off of them. It will also save you a lot of money!
What you need:
- Spare line (you should always carry the excess line you have left over after filling up your reel)
- Crimping Pliers
- Crimps
- Beads
- Weight Clip (if required)
- Bait Clips (if required)
- Weight
- Swivel
- Hook
Start off with the first crimp around 3 inches down from the top swivel.
Next you place a bead along the line. Depending on the size of the crimp you may need to buy both the small and large beads in case a large bead slides over the crimp.
Now you add the swivel but you don't use any knots. Just let it move freely.
Follow up with another bead and then a crimp.
Now move down the line around 17 inches and repeat the process
Finish off with a weight clip at the end.
Once that's done I then add the two lines to the two swivels
Tips:
- In most fishing tackle shop you can buy the crimping pliers but if they have them get the ones which have the tip of the pliers bending over at quite a large degree because these also making great pliers for getting hooks out of fish!
Float fishing is the most popular way of fishing around this area by far. Even the professionals float fish whether it be for live bait or just to fish. Most people start off their fishing lives by float fishing and it can be great fun and it very simple to do.
Unlike bottom fishing most of your set-up will be on your actual main line which comes off your reel.
Start off by giving yourself plenty of line off of the reel. About 20 inches will do.
First thing you need to do is add your stop knot. A stop knot is needed to prevent the float sinking to the bottom.
The Pulley Rig
Don't do what I did and not bother buying the pieces because it looked complicated. Believe me it's not and it feels very rewarding when you go fishing using your own, home made, fishing rigs and even more so when you start landing great fish off of them. It will also save you a lot of money!
- As with all rigs they are very flexible in design.
- For the main line make it around 20 inches in length.
- Start off tying on a swivel to one of the ends.
- Now add another swivel and leave it freely on the line.
- Now add a bead leaving it freely on the line
- Now tie on the last swivel and attach the weight clip to one side and the line and hook on the other.
The Cod Rig
This is a nice rig because I've found it doesn't tangle as easily as other rigs do.
Use your favourite bottom feeding rig and then attach the two hooks as shown.
You want to leave around 2 inches between the bead and main hook. This gives plenty of room to slide up the worms.
For the 2nd hook you want the line around 1 inch and on this hook you can tie on some peeler crabs or squid etc.
The other benifit of this rig is you can also hook the smaller fish like whiting etc.
The Pennel Rig
For this rig you have a large hook on the bottom of the line and a smaller hook above.
For the top, smaller hook the simplest and most used method to keep it secure is just to wrap it around the line 2 or 3 times.
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