LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS

I have suffered frequently with the bottom snood on a 2 up 1 down flapper getting tangled round the grip lead due to surf, weed, crabs, fish etc

I'm sure this is a fairly common thing for some of us, but I find it can weaken the bottom snood, especially given the added friction when reeling in a fish caught on that particular hook length, its also a pain in the backside having to untangle it, more so with extremely cold hands.

I had contemplated (but being lazy not tried yet) using some stiff rig tubing, say 8/10" from the swivel on the rig body down towards the hook, secured in place by a bead/crimp, just enough to keep the snood from snagging the grips on the lead.

Has anybody tried this, if so I'd be interested to hear any feedback as to its success.

If not, I'll try it over the comming weeks and see does it help

the tubing in electric cable is hardy enuf for the job, saves a few bob too,i use it all the time works fine

Go back to the old school just use half a baited mackerel trace like the old timers did for doggies and im telling you one thing for nothing they caught plenty of fish compared to the super duper traces of today

Go back to the old school just use half a baited mackerel trace like the old timers did for doggies and im telling you one thing for nothing they caught plenty of fish compared to the super duper traces of today

i find this very good for ray,i find frozen mackerel works great on the mackerel trace,some times the simple ideas work best

I know what you mean im going to tie up rigs like that during the summer with large mackerel baits on them and experiment with them

There are a few anglers who I fished with during the 80s and early 90s who used techniques like that for dogs ray and huss and they outfished everyone else....

Keep it simple lol Ill keep ye posted on how it goes for me..............

On wishbones - does anyone have experience usin a staggered clipped wishbone rig???

sk

I found I was much better off casting a staggered wishbone rig like the guys who up tide from boats do just rest the hooks over the grips and when It hits the water give it a few hard tugs and they will fall off it take s a while to get used to but it works better than using clips etc..... I used it in shallow water too and it worked ok!

We used to use this technique from deep water marks in the Shannon Estuary I got this idea from a few of the lads from Tralee who are always good to share ideas.