favourite scratching rig?

Just wonderng what rigs you all would favour when scratching around for anything that may be there? Bombers,flappers,wishbones or something with booms and bling mabye?

three hook boom rig size 4 hooks .

usually flappers but boom rigs can be really good on their day. bombers can be good for flounder when targeting them at range at certain times of the year. wishbones can be deadly and come into their own in spring when seeking returning flounder and the first of the plaice. as has been mentioned before the wishbone can work well on the 'one hooked fish often attracts another' principle.

To pick out fish that just are not feeding and not coming to normal tactics, fish such as Corkwing Wrasse, Blennys, Scorpion fish, Small Dabs, Small Flounders, Silver eels, and other mini species I can't fault a very simple one up one down trace made of purely 15-22lb flurocarbon, no swivels, no attractors or no trapped beads, just standard cut offs no more than 10-14inch snoods, size 2-8 hooks depending on the species and venue. Minor adjustments can be made depending on venue, tide and conditions.

That's what works for me anyways, everyone has there own I am sure.

there you go Col- lots too try!! have a similar rig to the one you describe Robert but i'm not tellin!!! :lol: have not used it with fluoro yet. will report back :wink:

Three Hook Flapper (Clipped Down if you want), With 1/0's and a Fluro Pink, and Yellow Bead. 8)

Mmmmm Donaghadee'ish <-- Is that a word?.... It is now.

With 1/0's

that's a big fish hook round these parts :cry: !!

:shock: A 4oz Codling can take a 1/0 no bother...

Have you ever sung 'Malahide' to the tune of 'Rawhide'...
I've found myself doing it every time I'm in the Village... 8)

haha!! i just tried it there and it won't go away :x :cry: ......

just try scaling down to 4's k2, your catch rate should go even higher.
personally a 3 hook flapper with 4 s built on flurocarbon body and snoods with 2 way mustad beads instead of swivels, lighter main line/or braid with lighter leads to give more movement.

Whilst fishing in France, I tried on of the French rigs for scratching - a 7 hook flapper with size 4 hooks. Each hook had a different bait - shame the fish weren't around!!

a 7 hook flapper

that's a lot of bait for 1 session Ian! the speed you need to double-pat with that thing.