Carp Catchers Blog

The Solar Quick Change PVA Bag System is ideal for anglers who use PVA bags for the majority of their angling. The system will ensure you don’t lose the bag on the cast while improving casting distance and accuracy. The system is designed to be anti tangle and works with any inline lead.

For the purpose of this demonstration I used a Korda Flat Pear Inline Lead, Solar Contour Super Supple Rig Tubing and Korda Size 8 Ring Swivels  was used between the helicopter beads for the rig to be attached to.

Step 1.

Thread your mainline through your desired length of the Solar rig tubing.

Step 2.

Now thread 1 of the beads provided with the Solar PVA System onto the rig tubing followed by the Korda Ring Swivel followed by another bead. If you’re using mainline straight through there is silicone tubing provided for the beads to the grip. If you’re using leadcore then please ensure all beads can be pulled free of the leader to ensure the lead will be lost in the event of your line breaking. Tie or loop your hooklink to the ring swivel.

Step 3.

Now thread on one of the sleeves provided and push the tubing securely inside.

Step 4.

Then gently push the insert out of your choosen inline……

…..and thread it onto your mainline.

Step 5.

Tie a Figure Of Eight Loop Knot  in the end of your mainline and attach the Solar quick change PVA bag clip like so.

Step 6.

Now pull the lead over the clip followed by the sleeve and rig tubing. The finished setup should look like this.

All you have to do to attach a PVA bag is to pull the clip out of the bottom of the lead and hook a PVA bag on before pulling the clip back inside the lead. Then just thread the hook through the mesh of the bag and your ready to cast out.

This set up is particularly well suited to adding freebies with the Mag Aligner Rig and really comes into it’s own during the winter months.

Give it a go.

Tight lines

Dave

The Atomic Tackle Maggot Rig uses the inline lead setup fished helicopter style allowing a large PVA stocking of maggots to be tied to the swivel at the base of the lead. This enables the hook to be secured to the PVA stocking so once cast out the PVA bag will melt leaving your maggot hookbait lying in amongst the other maggots.

For the purpose of the demonstration I used a Gardner Readymade Mag Aligner Rig.

Step 1.

Pull out the large ring swivel from the base of the lead.

Step 2.

Now thread your mainline through the lead. ( If using leadcore or a leader, you will need to splice or loop the swivel on)

Step 3.

Tie your mainline to the swivel, I would suggest a palomar knot. To tie a palomar knot double over your mainline and pass it through the eye of your swivel.

Then tie an overhand knot with the doubled over mainline.

Now pass the swivel through the loop made by the overhand knot.

Then moisten the knot, slowly tighten it down and trim the tag end.

Step 4.

Once the knot is tied pull the swivel into the insert in the base of the lead.

Step 5.

Now you need to either tie your rig to the swivel above the lead. If the rig has a loop in the end pass the loop through the swivel before passing the hookend of the rig through the loop and tightening as I’ve done in this demonstration.

The finished rig should look like this.

The large ring at the base of the lead is for the PVA mesh bag to be tied to, then all you need to do is push the hook through the PVA mesh to secure it for casting.

Give it a go.

Dave

An update on the Carp Catchers Blog about the Mag Aligner Rig. It occurred to me that not everyone would want to or have the time to tie their own Mag Aligner Rig. Well help is at hand Gardner Tackle do a Readymade Mag Aligner Rig which is well tied and takes the hassle and uncertainty out of rig tying. For more information or to purchase follow the above link to the main site.

Best fishes,

John

The Mag Aligner rig was first thought up by Harry Haskell if memory serves. But it was Rob Maylin that tweaked it to its’ present form and consequently published his devastating results whilst using the Mag Aligner Rig. The rig itself incorporates both artificial and real maggots into its design. It is the way the Mag Aligner is tied that gives it the edge over other maggot rigs. The Mag Aligner rig is best fished with a big pva bag of live maggots over a solid gravel bottom.

The rig components used in this demonstration consist of the Enterprise Mag Aligner Imitation Maggots,  Gardner Mugga  size 10 hooks and  Sufix Sheath Skin  hooklink. (See picture below)

Step 1.

Cut an 8 inch length of the Sheath Skin hooklink material and strip back enough coating to tie on your desired hook with a palomar knot leaving an inch of stripped hooklink material below the hook. Remember if you don’t strip enough coating off to begin with you can always strip a little more off after tying the hook on. (See picture below)

Step 2.

Now thread an artificial Mag Aligner maggot onto a thin needle, going in at a slight angle from the thick end first and coming out towards the top of the thin end on the same side. (See picture below)

Step 3.

Thread the artificial maggot onto you hooklink material and then up over the eye of the hook so the eye sits just inside the thick end of the artificial maggot. (See pictures below)

Step 4.

Now tie a figure of eight knot with the other end of the hooklink for fast hassle free rig changes. (See picture below)

Step 5.

To add the final touch to the rig before casting out add two live maggots to the hook. (See picture below)

This rig is best presented on a helicopter setup with a large pva mesh bag of live maggots tied to the lead and nick the hook through the bag making sure the point faces out so not to mask the hook point.

Tight Lines

Dave