HAIR RIGS !

[CYNSWIM]

Could the carp anglers out there show me what baits to hair rig and why.

 

Could you show me all your weird and wonderfull bait you hair rig to your hook.

 

 

Thanks,

Cyn

[Anderoo]

Hi Cyn

 

The short answer (and I suspect why no-one has replied) is that any bait can be hair rigged. The most common for carp are boilies and pellets, but other baits like luncheon meat, sweetcorn, various nuts, maggots, casters, fake baits, etc. can all be hair rigged.

 

Why? To allow the bait to behave more naturally and to achieve efficient hooking. Carp feed by sucking a load of stuff off the bottom, eating the food and ejecting the rest. This sucking/blowing pulls the bait plus the hook into its mouth, where the hook catches hold.

 

Not carp, but I had some good tench catches in the spring with 2 hair rigged fake maggots.

[CYNSWIM]

which nuts do you use or are the best? |And preferebly you soak or flavour them?

 

What about using like pet terrapin little long pellets??