SPECIAL CARP / CATFISH Baits and Rig Combinations

* There are many baits and rigs used to catch carp and catfish. Obviously, when using a single hook, you need to maximize your hooks potential for hooking fish, every way you can, to get most ‘takes’ converted from every ‘pick-up!’
You can start of in a very conventional way by using a ‘side hooked boilie’ or pop-up bait. Or use a ball of dough paste on the hook, but this is not a particularly efficient fish hooking method.
‘Hair rigs’ were developed to maximize the hooking potential of your rig, and there are very numerous types to get around different carp and catfish feeding behaviours and fishing situations. But for most fishermen, simple is best, and risk of tangles, or time consuming tying of rigs is a potential drawback of many mor View the rest of this article