Help with chod rig?

[Thecarpdude]

Hi

 

So i tie my Chod rig with out leadcore but main line, Down to a sinker bead then the rig (Which is coated braid) And then another sinker and bead then the lead and buffer bead.

 

But my Problem is the pop up is coming to the surface and not staying down? What do you think is happing?

Why is this happing.

 

To be fair i have only tried it in a Deap bowl of water but still that should not effect it....Would love if i could get a reply as i'm stuck!!!

 

Regards

[smalltincup]

Hi

 

Why did you use braid? Just out of interest? One of the reasons may be that the braid plus pop up is to boyant and thats keeping the whole lot afloat.

 

Here is what i use. I tried braid but was not happy with the presentation of the pop up, and after a mate pointed out to me it did not work quite right either, the whole idea of the chod is that no matter which direction the fish sucks it up it should spin around and take.

 

Get ur self some ESP stifflink hook

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=esp+st...amp;FORM=IDFRIR

 

This stuff i have found to be great and you can bend it over to make the exact curve on the rig itself. I have found that a rig no longer than a couple of inches worked well for me, but every venue is different.

 

To get the whole lot to sink I use tunsten Putty (rather than sinkers) on the swivel, put it on the end of the swivel nearest the pop up. So the whole rig should go, Use a 16mm pop up not a 10mm.

 

lead--------------bead----------------------------------chod rig-------------------bead----------------------- (Dotted line in the mainline)

 

Hope that helps, if you need any more advice let me know.

 

Cheers

 

STC

[Phil Adams]

Hi

 

Why did you use braid? Just out of interest? One of the reasons may be that the braid plus pop up is to boyant and thats keeping the whole lot afloat.

 

Here is what i use. I tried braid but was not happy with the presentation of the pop up, and after a mate pointed out to me it did not work quite right either, the whole idea of the chod is that no matter which direction the fish sucks it up it should spin around and take.

 

Get ur self some ESP stifflink hook

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=esp+st...amp;FORM=IDFRIR

 

This stuff i have found to be great and you can bend it over to make the exact curve on the rig itself. I have found that a rig no longer than a couple of inches worked well for me, but every venue is different.

 

To get the whole lot to sink I use tunsten Putty (rather than sinkers) on the swivel, put it on the end of the swivel nearest the pop up. So the whole rig should go, Use a 16mm pop up not a 10mm.

 

lead--------------bead----------------------------------chod rig-------------------bead----------------------- (Dotted line in the mainline)

 

Hope that helps, if you need any more advice let me know.

 

Cheers

 

STC

 

 

Just wondering, are the beads semi fixed in position somehow?

[smalltincup]

Hi Fella

 

I use a rig tubing, you could i guess do it a couple of ways

 

Here is the rubing I use: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http...=1t:429,r:2,s:0

 

(Sorry bit of a korda tackle tart)

 

The way I do it is to use about 2-3ft of tubing and slide the mainline throw, then use a 5mm ESP Beads, so the beads are able to move once a fish is on.

 

Here are the beads

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http...=1t:429,r:1,s:0

 

Or you could use small bits of tubing and slide them up the mainline and put the bead over them to hold the bead in place. I have seen both methods work.

 

Hope that helps, any thing else let me know and i will see what i can do.

 

STC

[peterpikefisher]

or you could use the naked chod using the avid chod bead ,

i have used these for about 2 months and they work fine with me

good luck