Keeping The Hooklength Pinned Down

[Mark Elvin]

How do you chaps keep you hooklength pinned to the bottom?

I've seen this lead cored hooklength but it seams a terrible idea as if the mainline breaks the fish is left pulling this heavy line along.

I was thinking of using some of the sinking rig tube that's available, not sure if that's right or not though.

[devondave]

ive not met many people on the banks who seem to worry too much about the hooklength being pinned down...

i come from a background of mullet fishing and if a mullet can see the line or hook it will not touch the bait.. sure it will eat all the freebies but wont touch the hook bait.. so i have many doubts over hair rigs and hooklengths..

i use 2 of the large korda sinkers on my hooklengths.. maybe 3 depending how long the hooklength is! and at the hook end of the hooklength i use a small pva stick as i think this helps hide the hook aswel as keeping everything neat and pinned to the bottom...

it will be interesting to see what others do .. maybe i go over the top because of the many years watching mullet feed

[big pike dreamer]

maybe just use abit of rig putty to hold it down, like others I tend not to worry to much about it, but then i have never fished for mullet ;-)

Matt

[NICK R]

i use 6 in hook links , nailed to the floor with rig putty

THIS ONE

[geffski]

yup! especialy with hook links with a stiff coating, the coating can trap air and also be semi bouyant
off its own back. a tiny bit of putty half way between the swivel and the hook is just enough to nail it down!
i put a tiny bit on anyway just so im sure even without doing the fish tank test!

[alec]

Always make sure the end tackle is pinned down especially over feed.
I use tungsten putty. Korda do make sinkers bit are a bit expensive as you can't re use them :)