sandy beach rig

[varadero]

do you think this will work ??????????????

[Determined Dan]

hi varadero. i think the swivel on the snood line will weigh the line down and not let the hook flow it wil tangle around the main line too. i tryed it before. .

[roger de dodger]

double pully rig ? it would tend to tangle a bit in a surf ,a one up one down would do the same job and you could clip it up for casting ,a two or three hook cascade rig with long snoods is good for flats again it clips down making for futher casts and less damage to bait,a pully rig is good for big baits or an up and over rig if you want your bait hard on the bottom(pardon the expression)!

[weedave]

http://www.planetseafishing.com/rigs/Sheppey-Rig/

the double does work (treble version above) but as roger has said they tangle alot in the surf - the only time i use them would be calmer days when bites are slow.

dave

[The Austrian]

The main advantage of a pulley rig is that when a hooked fish is being retrieved over snaggy ground, then the weight of the fish will cause the free running swivel to act as a pulley and lift the weight above the fish so there are less chances of the weight getting caught in between stones or other underwater obstacles.

The lead weight will then be drawn up above the fish with a subsequent reduction in the risk of snagging, this means you can now fish in the roughest of grounds knowing that if you hook a decent fish you have a very good chance of landing it.

Having two, three or even more pulleys will counteract the positive properties severely IMHO.

At first, if a fish takes the uppermost hook, the effects of the pulley are greatly outweighed because you will still having to move the weight and the other hooks through snaggy areas where you might loose the fish and the entire rig.
Secondly, even if you hook two or even three fish at the same time, the only gain is for the length of the snood which is attached to the weight. Furthermore the entire rig is probably so tangled by this time that it will be much more difficult to land your fish and get the rig ready for your next cast.
Last point is that the pulley rig was invented to enable you to land a good sized fish without being snagged on the ground. Just imagine what happens to this rig if you are lucky enough to hook three good sized fish (e.g. ray), all trying to escape to the ground...
A sure recipe for disaster I'd say.

My humble advice: stick to paternoster rigs (flappers) for the beach (or up and down as already suggested), even boom rigs for fishing from piers and harbour walls, single pulley rigs for rougher ground areas or, if you want to fish multiple baits at distance use an up and over (portsmouth loop) rig. FWIW