| * There are many baits and rigs used to
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| | way YOUR catches will stand out from the
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| catch carp and catfish. Obviously, when
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| | crowd.
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| using a single hook, you need to maximize
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| | You could try the 1 big dough paste bait
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| your hooks potential for hooking fish,
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| | on a hair wrapped around a pellet or
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| every way you can, to get most 'takes'
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| | boilie.
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| converted from every 'pick-up!'
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| | Or try 1 big boilie bait of perhaps 35
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| You can start of in a very conventional
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| | millimetre in diameter, or even 2 baits
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| way by using a 'side hooked boilie' or
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| | of this size on a hair?
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| pop-up bait. Or use a ball of dough paste
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| | Perhaps try a bigger hook a size 2 not 6,
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| on the hook, but this is not a
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| | 8 or 10. This hook has a larger gap and
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| particularly efficient fish hooking
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| | more weight to drop and hook the bottom
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| method.
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| | lip.
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| 'Hair rigs' were developed to maximize
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| | Try the hook floating over your bait rig:
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| the hooking potential of your rig, and
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| | You put some plastic foam onto your hook
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| there are very numerous types to get
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| | tied so it sits over your 'sinking' type
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| around different carp and catfish feeding
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| | bait. This way the hook will enter the
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| behaviours and fishing situations. But
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| | mouth before the bait! (Very crafty -
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| for most fishermen, simple is best, and
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| | Have you ever known anyone else use this
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| risk of tangles, or time consuming tying
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| | rig?)
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| of rigs is a potential drawback of many
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| | Perhaps trying a prepared nut with a
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| more advanced rigs, although they can
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| | boilie or paste bait together, on a hair,
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| easily out-fish conventional simple rigs
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| | or two hairs could be a useful solution.
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| in many situations!
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| | Has your water been 'hit with tiger nuts,
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| You can use a single or half or two
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| | peanuts, hazelnuts etc, recently and you
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| halves of a boilie on your 'hair.' Or use
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| | need a new approach? Try foam 'popped-up'
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| two or three boilies on a longer length
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| | peanuts over pellets or corn for a
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| hair. You could use a hair with 4 or 6
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| | different approach.
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| half boilies on it. Or even mix up
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| | How about using a pellet with boilie on
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| different boilies of different types on
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| | one hair or two hairs, alongside a tiger
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| the same hair, perhaps including some
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| | nut or large peanut? (Do you find that
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| 'pop-up bait halves to help negate the
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| | tiger nuts are more effective with their
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| weight of the hook for the shyer feeding
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| | skin cut off a little?) Just a little
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| fish.
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| | change can make all the difference to
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| The same goes for different kinds of
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| | your catch rate, but what difference will
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| pellets; how many anglers do you know mix
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| | really big changes to your rigs or baits
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| different pellets on their hook or hair
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| | make?
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| or even on multiple hairs on their hooks?
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| | The author has many more fishing and bait
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| Following the current fashion in bait use
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| | 'edges' up his sleeve. Every single one
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| and hook rigs can often make you miss out
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| | can have a huge impact on catches.
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| on loads more fish by not using more
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| | (Warning: This article is protected by
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| alternative methods. See what the
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| | copyright, but reprints with a link are
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| 'average fisherman on your water is
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| | OK.)
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| doing, assess his bait, and rigs
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| | By Tim Richardson. 'The thinking angler's
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| attributes, dimensions and method of
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| | fishing author and expert bait making
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| working, and do yours differently. This
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| | guru.
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