Chod Rig Results

[garethh]

Has anyone had any results using the Choddy?

Im gonna give it a go for a while but was wondering what you guys thought?

Any recomendations good / bad?

used it to great effect last year taking my first 20+ of roman lakes on it.good rig but not for all occations.

[James Furness]

I used it last year when i was casting at showing fish and not sure what the lakebed would be like, and had several fish on it.

[garethh]

Has anyone used it with bottom baits?

[bigted]

i'v not used it pal, but now lads who have and they've had some good results on it, if i were to use it pal it would probably be with a bottom bait

[Steve Baker]

Ive been using the chod for the last few winters for fishing singles to showing fish. I mainly use bright smelly pop ups but i haven't tried using it in conjunction with bottom baits yet.

[RobGillespie]

I ve had fish to 27 on it this spring long range fishing single pop ups, caught alot out of capes fishing it with bottom baits using 15lb fluro carbon. also works well with the method had 11 fish to 22 this weekend using a 12mm pop up on a very short chod fished close to the method ball.

[IanB]

caught on it at boothsmere in spring, not used it since.

[Lowey]

i only tend to use it when fishin over weed etc, had a few fish on it and the hook holds seem to be good. Stay away from those Korda ones Make your own.

Lowey.

[clueless]

Anyone got any fool proof guide to making one? Like the idea with the method too so if you can explain that set up it would be great. Piccies appreciated!

[Sam]

i used them while using bottom baits. i found they worked better than normal bottom bait setups.

[Joephus]

Works best as a pop up rig imho. You need a good cork ball pop up, shop bought ones really cant hack the weight for very long. Its not the easiest rig to tie and people seem to substitute materials all the time which ruins it.

Clueless, take a ring swivel and a length of esp bristle filament about 6 inches long (this length makes the rest easier. Tie a 3 turn blood knot to the swivel and pull it really tight, blob the end. Then tie what i think is a spade end knot on the hook. It involves going through the eye of the hook, lieing the line against the back of it and then with the free end wrapping back towards the eye about 5 times. Then take the end back through the first turn. Pull tightish and then pull the hook and the knot will lside down the hook and tighten up. Now use the tag end to create a small round loop with a ring in it, blob the end to keep the loop there. Curve this length over your thumb and attach to leadcore leader. Perfect.

Its all about the details with this rig, if theres a kink, a twist, if the D isnt sitting right.....re-tie it! It works so much better. You can vary the lenght 3 inches gives better hooking than a 1.5 inch on but is a bit more blatant.

[James Furness]

Agree with what Joephus says - it is vital that you tie the rig correctly and it can be quite fiddly at first as stiff rig materials can be quite tricky to tie! I've found that the fox rigidity is easier to use than the ESP stiff rig material. Make sure you use a hook with an out-turned eye - ESP stiff riggers are good. the end result should be that the hooklink should create a curved extension of the hook.

[clueless]

Cheers boys for that. Can any of you fellas out there photograph the whole thing and put it on. Include rig and leader?? Would just like to see what it looks like, all the mags etc only ever show the hooklink.

As the name suggests totally clueless!

hope this helps