The CARP FISHING GUIDE Saves you Time and Money. Bolt Rig
The first time I came across a bolt type rig was back in the early 80's, I went down to my local easy club water, the water was void of anglers bar one carper, fishing about halfway along. I'd spoke to this carper before his name was Phil; he was a very good angler, I'd learnt quite a bit from him previously.
I set up quite a distance from him, before chucking out I went round for a word. Luck had it he was baiting his hook at the time, me being nosey as always asked him about his lead set-up and why he had a leger stop behind the lead, basically this was the carp worlds changing Bolt Rig.
The hook was a drennan specimen size 4 maxima 6lb hooklink which was very short; I reckon about 4" long then a swivel, a bead of lead of about 2 ½ oz big lead in them days, Phil said it needed to be heavy so the fish would hook itself easier, and behind that about 3" away was a leger stop.
I could see how this worked but the hooking of the bait was important, he would mould a piece of stiff paste around the hook leaving the point showing, this is where the fish pricks itself and bolts, when the fish has moved more than 3" the lead pulls the hook home.
This Rig has caught me a lot of carp over the years, there are a lot of variations of this Rig that I will be showing you step by step and photos.
There is a hell of a lot more on the tackle shop shelf these days, it is all done for you, making it easy for the up and coming carper, but you need to use these Rig bits properly if you are going to catch those wary carp.
I will go through these Rigs one by one in later articles.
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