The stiff hinge rig

[kerrwaf]

Has anyone used this rig developed by terry hearn? What results you have had on them?
tight lines,

Originally Posted by kerrwaf

Has anyone used this rig developed by terry hearn? What results you have had on them?
tight lines,

who said terry hearn developed it ? ? versions of the same thing have been around for a decade.............very efficient rig tho ..........tad awkward to tie tho especially with cold hands

[kerrwaf]

Have you had good results with it though? Does it have to be fished with a popup to be effective or can you use a bottom bait?
thanks

to be honest i dont use it much........yes ive had fish on it............ i find it a bit of a tangly rig when fished at range.........ive never fished a bottom bait on it tho

[Steve Baker]

Ive only used it a few times and not had any fish on it, bearing in mind this was a few years ago when i was trying every rig under the sun. I think its more suited for pop-ups more than bottom baits.

[gazza]

I've had great results on this rig using bottom(double)baits, and also with balanced snowman baits

[Joephus]

One of only a few rigs i use. Very good but only use it with pop ups.

[Northern_monkey]

Used the rig in the past myself, had a few on it but in my opinion there are better rigs about its a pop-up rig, i generally use pop-ups when casting at fish rather than over a baited spot etc, so to me using the stiff part on a chod rig makes more sense

[kerrwaf]

Originally Posted by Northern_monkey

but in my opinion there are better rigs about

What rigs do you use for general bottom bait fishing then?
thanks