Whatever next?

[Worms]

Right, I've given this some thought, scratched my head, wandered round the garden with a cup of tea and a fag and...............I still don't understand.

 

Let me see if I've got this right, the hair rig is so that your desired bait can be attached close to the hook so that shy fish can mouth the bait but not get spooked by the hook. The bait can also, to a certain extent, float about a bit.

 

Sooooo!, the maggot clip is like a round safety pin, tied to a length of nylon (the hair) tied to a hook........... a hook that can't catch anything tied to another hook used for catching the fish that doesn't like to pick up the hook in the first place?

 

And some people laugh at my cane rods! :bigemo_harabe_net-163:

[John S]

Right, I've given this some thought, scratched my head, wandered round the garden with a cup of tea and a fag and...............I still don't understand.

 

Let me see if I've got this right, the hair rig is so that your desired bait can be attached close to the hook so that shy fish can mouth the bait but not get spooked by the hook. The bait can also, to a certain extent, float about a bit.

 

Sooooo!, the maggot clip is like a round safety pin, tied to a length of nylon (the hair) tied to a hook........... a hook that can't catch anything tied to another hook used for catching the fish that doesn't like to pick up the hook in the first place?

 

And some people laugh at my cane rods!

 

Yep

[Andy Macfarlane]

Right, I've given this some thought, scratched my head, wandered round the garden with a cup of tea and a fag and...............I still don't understand.

 

Let me see if I've got this right, the hair rig is so that your desired bait can be attached close to the hook so that shy fish can mouth the bait but not get spooked by the hook. The bait can also, to a certain extent, float about a bit.

 

Sooooo!, the maggot clip is like a round safety pin, tied to a length of nylon (the hair) tied to a hook........... a hook that can't catch anything tied to another hook used for catching the fish that doesn't like to pick up the hook in the first place?

 

And some people laugh at my cane rods! :bigemo_harabe_net-163:

 

Um...yes...I think that's it. I never really got it either. I think a maggot-clip would be fairly heavy too.

 

Personally I'd thread some maggots onto some nylon, do a few overhand knots to form a Medusa's head type affair and tie one of the tag ends onto the hook or even use the tag end to form a knotless knot - hooklength.

 

...Andy...

[Worms]

.....................................so what's a roach clip for then man!

[John S]

Um...yes...I think that's it. I never really got it either. I think a maggot-clip would be fairly heavy too.

 

Personally I'd thread some maggots onto some nylon, do a few overhand knots to form a Medusa's head type affair and tie one of the tag ends onto the hook or even use the tag end to form a knotless knot - hooklength.

 

...Andy...

 

The clips I (sometimes) use are about 7mm diameter, and not heavy at all - you might have to remove one teeny-weeny ickle piece of split shot if you're fishing them on the waggler....

 

I've used medusas too, normally by sticking a dozen maggots to a cork ball with superglue.

[Andy Macfarlane]

Never liked the cork ball method. It looks bang on but it's a pain in behind. I suppose if I was expecting a long haul between bites and the quality of the fish makes the effort worth doing, I'd do it again...maybe.

[Ducktape Corkfeet]

Never liked the cork ball method. It looks bang on but it's a pain in behind. I suppose if I was expecting a long haul between bites and the quality of the fish makes the effort worth doing, I'd do it again...maybe.

 

 

That's what's great about the maggot clips, they are so damned easy to use, alot easier than any other multiple maggot hookbait presentation. They aren't heavy either.