Budgie Burgess

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Popped Up Deadbait Rig

You will all know about the advantages of popping up your bait but this is my chosen method. The curtain ring makes the rig quite
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Free Running Sunken Paternoster Rig for Pike

Despite the tremendous success I have had with the standard Sunken Pat Rig it does have one problem; when a Pike takes, it has to ...
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CV Safety Rig

Here is the original rig that I used to use. At the time I was fishing the Valley waters a lot and the "helicopter"rig was ...
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The Poly Ball Rig

The poly ball rig pictured below, is an extermely effective rig for presenting live baits for targeting Catfish. Using strong tackle is crucial for fishing ...
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Sunken Float Paternoster

The sunken float paternoster rig is an extremely effective method of presenting a static live bait. If you’re fishing from a boat how do you ...
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Floating Line

Make sure your main line floats when surface fishing! You would be surprised how many anglers don’t. Braid is superb for this. Budgie  ...
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Black Tipped Floats

We have all heard the brilliant tip of colouring your float tip with a black marker pen if the light makes the original fluro colour ...
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Totally Free Running Ledger

When using free running ledger rigs where you do not want any resistance, use a nylon curtain ring instead of a swivel to attach your ...
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Cheap Rod Bands!

Hair bands are good for holding made up rods together in transit. You still lose the occasional one, but they are a fraction of ...
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Be Prepared!

Always carry a spare tip ring, a lighter and some hot melt glue. If you damage an intermediate ring whilst fishing you can carry on ...
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