Two hook helicopter rig

Originally Posted by leadthower

surley fish safty comes foremost!

absolutely..................be it carp , bream or any other species

[HAWTHORN]

absolutely..................be it carp , bream or any other species


Well said!

[Big Dave]

This rig was par for the norm 15 years ago, fishing at range in big open waters with no fear of getting snagged up.Those big Bream had no fight in them at all and we never encountered any problems.
Have been out of the scene since then so possibly views and attitudes have changed.

[diggerman]

so you are happy using trebles for carp are you mate how about size 5/0 sea hooks they have all been used i know why stop at two hooks use 5 or 6 on a feather get real we have to draw the line some where perhaps i am wrong but trust me two hooks rigs have no place for carp

now im no pike angler (except when they catch me ) ................. but i really dont like the fact that trebles are used still....................i can understand the need to use them for mounting deadbaits but for lures?? .............are they really essential ??


sorry if im opening a can of worms

[Big Dave]

Originally Posted by diggerman

so you are happy using trebles for carp are you mate how about size 5/0 sea hooks they have all been used i know why stop at two hooks use 5 or 6 on a feather get real we have to draw the line some where perhaps i am wrong but trust me two hooks rigs have no place for carp

Sorry but you must have misunderstood me,the two hook rig is what was used some time ago for BREAM fishing i never used it for Carp and don't know of any one that did.It was what everyone on the Meres i fished used.As i said earlier hadn't even thought about using it for Carp.

[Blue]

Lets remember how this thread started people. It wasn't ever aimed at carp tactics, and I'm sure Rick never intended to use it for Carp fishing, as did anyone else.

Originally Posted by silverbirch

Anyone know if you can use two hook rigs on redesmere, such as the two hook helicopter roach/tench rigs they use at Wilstone and Tring?There is nothing I can find in the rules that suggests you can not.

We're aware it was/is used for Bream fishing, lets not all loose the plot and assume people are going to start using the 2 hook heli, semi fixied hinged pop-up rig to fish for carp on the Mere or anywhere else.....

[garethh]

theres an article in Angling Times this week about a big roach haul by someone using a double hook rig. He even won a drennan cup weekly award for it.

[diggerman]

ahh now i realise carp dont pick up two hook rigs saying that they dont pick any of my rigs
i know its easy to get the wrong end of the stick i apologise for my over sensitivity but the problem is you just know some one will use them 15 years ago bent hoks were banned everywhere now every one uses them i know these are criminal in their use but we all try them and kid areselves they are ok

sorry for the negativity boys

[Deano]

Originally Posted by diggerman

ahh now i realise carp dont pick up two hook rigs saying that they dont pick any of my rigs
i know its easy to get the wrong end of the stick i apologise for my over sensitivity but the problem is you just know some one will use them 15 years ago bent hoks were banned everywhere now every one uses them i know these are criminal in their use but we all try them and kid areselves they are ok

sorry for the negativity boys

Diggerman i think you'll find that the bent hook type set ups people are using these days will be created from curved shrink tube Not bent metal.Result...under pressure no undue strain on the carps mouth.No body in there right mind uses 'proper' bent hooks these days.....do they..

[diggerman]

the problem i have with shrink tube is that even with the flex of the tub when i use barbless hooks they still tend to double hooks ripping the odd mouth which is not good not used them since mate any one help me here to overcome this


cheers boys