Carp Catchers Blog

Most chod rigs nowadays are setup using leadcore or some form of leader but not all fisheries allow leaders whether they be leadcore or otherwise. Using rig tubing is an option which can help get round these bans and can also be used on waters without bans as an alternative to leaders. Rigmarole have designed Chod Rig Beads to fit their Freefall Micro Rig Tubing so that chod rigs can be tied up safely and effectively using the Freefall Micro Rig Tube. The  Rigmarole Freefall Micro Rig Tube is a plastic coated stainless steel coil so it is extremely tough and heavy, it is also very easy to thread.

The components used in this demonstration were Rig Marole Freefall Micro Rig Tube,  Rigmarole Freefall Micro Rig Tube Chod Beads, Rig Marole Tail Rubbers and a Rig Marole Tournament Casting Lead.

Step 1.

Cut the Freefall Micro Rig Tube to your desired length and thread your mainline through it.

Step 2.

Now thread a Freefall Micro Rig Tube Chod Bead onto the tubing, followed by your chod rig and a second bead. Set the beads in place with your chod rig at the required distance up the tubing.

Step 3.

Thread the Rig Marole  Free Fall Tail Rubber onto the line and push the rig tubing into it.

Step 4.

Now tie on your desired lead with a Palomar knot.

Step 5.

Push the swivel into the tail rubber and pull the line tight through the tubing.

The finished rig should look like this. This rig can also be constructed using the Rig Marole Free Fall Rig Tube  and the Rigmarole Freefall Chod Beads. Warning !!! do not superglue the beads or pierce through the side!!!

Tight Lines

Dave

The Three Turn Blood Knot is commonly used when tying up a chod rig using ESP Stiff Rig Bristle Filament . Because the bristle filament is so thick and stiff most other knots are just too difficult too tie. Ordinarily I would not recommend a blood knot as it is a strangulation knot, but for this purpose I and many others find it more than adequate. It is also handy because it is quite easy to set the length of your chod rig with this knot. The Three Turn Blood Knot is tied to the ring swivel of the chod rig. In this demonstation I am using size 9 ESP Uni-Link Carp Swivels. Ok, on with the demonstration.

Step 1

Thread your stiff rig filament through the uni-link swivel

Step 2

Loop the bristle filament round the uni-link swivel

Step 3

Holding the uni-link swivel and the loop whip the tag end around the main hooklink going away from the swivel do this three times.

Step 4

Bring your tag end back and thread it through the loop at the swivel end

Step 5

Moisten the knot and bed down, cut off the tag end leaving a small tag

                                                                                             3 Turn Blood Knot

Best fishes,

John

We are now stocking a selection of the new Ace Terminal Tackle range. I wasn’t too keen to begin with but Max Cottis came in and demonstrated the range to me and I was suitably impressed. The  Ace Hard On Camo Leadcore   is very heavy and the diameter is a lot thicker than most so the abrasion resistance should be really good. It comes on a 25m bulk spool with two decent splicing needles and is available in camo weed, gravel and silt. The chod rig has become extremely popular of late and if you dont fancy splicing your own have a look at the Ace Hard On Camo Leadcore Helicopter/Chod Rigs  . There are three leadcore helicopter/chod rigs to a pack and you get a choice of size 8 Cyclops and Quick Change Cyclops Helicopter Swivels and are also available in camo weed, gravel or silt. For those of you that like to balance your tiger nut hookbaits the Ace Tiger Nut Drill  has a specially shaped tip to help prevent splitting. The tiger nut drill comes supplied with 5 cork sticks and replacement cork sticks are also available. The Ace D-Spool Line Stripper is a handy gadget for quickly stripping line of your spools and is designed to be used with a cordless drill. Finaly, most coated hooklinks have a camo outer but a different colour on the inner braid. Aces’ Camo Core  has a camo outer coating and the inner braid has exactly the same camo pattern. Camo Core is a soft coated braid which is available in camo weed, gravel and silt. This is just a selection of the new products from Ace for more information or to purchase follow the above links to the main site.

Best fishes,

John

Regular customer Scott had a nice result recently. Fishing an afternoon session at a local lake Scott had two doubles, the biggest of which was a 16lb 6oz common(shown below). Scott caught his fish using a chod rig constructed from ESP Bulk Spool Leadcore  in choddy silt and the new  ESP Curve Shanx Carp Hook  . Well done Scott!

Best fishes,

John