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Carp Fishig Tips: Lewis Read on how to tie blowback pop up rigs
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Written by Lewis Read
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What constitutes an ‘advanced' pop up rig? The ‘advanced' label really relates more to the combination of materials and how they are used in the rig's construction, with the addition of a few tried and tested tweaks to get the most out of the rig. Tweaks worth considering would include using a rig ring blow-back style trapping the hair to make the finished rig react faster when a fish inhales, mouths or tries to eject your hookbait. With pop up rigs it is normally best to position the rig ring so that it traps the hair on the hook shank opposite the barb (on barbless hooks this would be 2 or 3 mm up from the point) as this will naturally keep the hookbait set correctly in relation to the bend of the hook.
Another easy tweak is the addition of a section of 0.5mm silicone or shrink tube over the hook eye. By extending the shank and holding the hook link so it is straighter to the shank with this tube, you are ensuring that the hook point is in the right position to catch hold as soon as the bait is sucked in as it will be less likely to droop over.
The last critical adjustments relate to the balancing and height of the pop-up. The balancing is how slowly the hook bait sinks when the counter weight has been added onto the hook bait. How do you decide how fast your hookbait should sink and how high the pop up should be above the lake bed?
As a rough guide we recommend fishing pop ups that sink slowly over low weed and silt, using a slightly longer hooklink and with the pop up high enough to remain clearly visible and accessible to browsing carp. If you're fishing on clean gravel, perhaps over lots of bait then a low pop up with counter weight only a few mm from the hook and over weighted so that it sinks at the same rate as a freebie is a good starting point. This is because the fish will tend to feed more aggressively, and with their mouths tight to the lake bed, and the heavier pop up will be less likely to swirl around as the fish moves near the rig.
Tip - Hook Bait Buoyancy: It's critical that your hook baits are good enough to maintain their buoyancy for the duration of the time they will be out in the water. If you're fishing long periods it's important that you check that the pop up hook bait is still Ok when you reel it in. A great way of making really good pop ups, that maintain buoyancy, is to make them using your normal base mix with a cork ball inside the boilie before it is rolled. There's loads of information online on how to do this and they really are the best!
1. Start off by stripping off 12-15cm of your favourite skinned hooklink
2. Tie a small loop in the end to retain the hair stop when the rig is finished
3. Tie a small loop in the end
4. Heres the trickiest bit - thread the rig ring on the hook and secure with a knotless knot
5. Thread an 8mm section of 0.5mm tube down the hooklink
6. Push the tubing up over the eye of the hook so 2 or 3 mm are below the hooks eye...
7. Tie a loop knot at the other end
8. Create a hinge at the height you ant to fish the pop up by stripping a small section of hooklink
9. Mould some Critical Mass for the pop up counterweight on the hooklink just above the stripped section as shown
Just rewards; Lewis with The Long Common at 36lb 10oz
Lewis Read
October 2012
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