Simple Match Fishing Forum

with my river season coming to a end after the winter league and the B/J starting I've already started stripping down on my river rigs already cleaning the floats and checking the bodies and if so a quick coat of vanish,throw the rest away and start again in a few months ready for next season the trays are now replaced with my B/J rigs that are all new for this seasons fishing. a few years ago i wouldn't of done this but i'm amazed how many knocks and stress marks you get on a rig after one season often where you have moved shot or you have broken the line and its easier to tie a knot with 10minutes of the match left .it just happens that its always your first rig you get out of your box wishing you'd taken time to replace the rig
i now have two rive trays with my river floats on from 0.4 floats to 3gram all have a identical rig in the second tray and maybe my favourite rigs i have 3 or4 the same but i leave them back at home as replacements is this taking preparation too far as I've had such a crap season i wonder is it really worth doing



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Did you get those jam jars off a certain team mate?

no mate his jars are too dear

Always worth doing Joff. I normaly get stuck into mine after Christmas.

DTF will be along shortly though to tell you off though for having different coloured winders in the tray, the float tips not lined up, not to mention non matching floats.

Might be crazy but do any of you re use the hooks off any of the rigs you breakdown or do you use new ?

Might be crazy but do any of you re use the hooks off any of the rigs you breakdown or do you use new ?

I re use the shot and line

I always use new hooks, they're the most important item and the only thing that connects you to the fish.

DTF will be along shortly though to tell you off though for having different coloured winders in the tray, the float tips not lined up, not to mention non matching floats. [/quote]

sorry about that its just the selection i take to the river the last couple of matches i've needed 2and3g floats thats why the different winders ::)
and normally the floats would the same length just goes to show preparation counts

Might be crazy but do any of you re use the hooks off any of the rigs you breakdown or do you use new ?

Must admit I use the same hooks at times; it must be a Stoke City thingy

Funnily enough I never use the same line twice; I never ever use hooklengths for my fishing.

bill do you make your rig up on the bank then mate

No Joff; I have a tray full of 2x10 MP6s all Silstar/WBC 0.065 straight through to MP1s 22s for punch. Some use styls, some use shot. I use 5x13 shot and adjust the shot on the rig on the bank to how I feel fit depending if I am using punch (usually am at this time of year) or squatt, pinkie maggot or seed. Just occasional this can be the better caster rig too.

Also have caster rigs set up on the next line up (1.7, not sure of diameter) to MP6s 3 and 4 X 10 with Tubertini Series 4 Opaco hooks, 20s or 18s

If punch fish are big (sometimes they are, I switch to the slightly heavier and quicker rig).

Most of our winter matches are roach and skimmers.

In all cases I only use Fox No 2 laccy, although it is slightly stronger than most.

I have tries all sorts of line for donkeys of years and vitually all our 'bread' guy use WBC or Silstar 0.065. It may be slightly stronger than it states but importantly you can move those 13 shot without it wrinkling and weakening you line.

You can probable see now that there is no use for a hook length with these rigs.

cheers pal

Also have caster rigs set up on the next line up (1.7, not sure of diameter)

Supposedly 0.08 on the spool Bill

You can probably see now that there is no use for a hook length with these rigs

Ditto me Bill - used to knock up 0.08 to 0.06 hook lengths, but for the last couple of years I havent bothered and now go straight thru with both diameters

i must say 0.8 does vary from make to make

i must say 0.8 does vary from make to make

Thought you was checking out the CCTV Joffie

;)its on record it feels like woodies time

Got my rigs to do tomorrow too

I hope you remember to do them properly as I have shown you. Just because you are almost a Doyle there is no need to copy Malc with your rigs.

NEVER Dave !!

I will never slip to those standards lol

sims where are you going mate