I had seen the Nash Triggalink
advertised for some time and as soon as I saw it I thought I must get
some of that. However, as is usually the case, I never got round to it.
That is until a few weeks ago, all I can say is that I wish I had got
some sooner! Marketing hype aside, I was already won
over on the merits of incorporating some sort of elasticity into my
rigs. In the past I went to great lengths to try and reduce the effect
of sudden lunges when targeting fish off the top and it certainly
worked, reducing the amount of hook-pulls and thus increasing my catch
rate. I was using some high-tech (and extremely expensive!) pole
elastics at the time but the problem was that the rigs could be messy
to tie and durability was not the best. I tried to adapt the approach
to bottom bait rigs to try and counter the effect of fish shedding
hooks but the elastic was simply not up to the job and poor abrasion
resistance meant you were tying new rigs almost non-stop.
Trust
Kevin Nash to sort it out! Triggalink is effectively a stretchable
hooklink material with an elasticated core and braid coating. The
result is a perfect stretchable hooklink with excellent abrasion
resistance. How does it work? Well, once immersed in water the core
shrinks by up to 30%, effectively ‘loading’ it. Then when pulled taught
by a fish, the whole thing acts like a shock-absorber, reducing the
ability of the fish to shed the hook. When dry it’s just like any other
braid – easy to tie with no stretch, but as soon as you drop it in
water it shrinks down ready for action – a coiled spring lying in wait!
When soaked it’s a bit like bungee elastic and will mirror the
carp’s movements; stretching or contracting perfectly. I’ve been tying
various combi-rigs with Triggalink and I have to say that it has really
impressed me. The only thing I found was that when using a tension
meter to test breaking strains on the 15lb breaking strain option, I
was not getting breaking strains I was entirely happy with (on my
combi-knots). As such, I moved up to the 20lb option and I’ve not had
any trouble since.
Triggalink is available in 12lb, 15lb, 20lb
and 25lb breaking strains and is supplied on a 20 Metre spool. Priced
at £14.99 it’s certainly not the cheapest hooklink on the market, but
then again, many will say you get what you pay for!
For more information and to find your nearest stockist visit:
http://www.NashTackle.comJulian GrattidgeOctober 2006
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