Hair rigs

[Norfolkboy]

Hair rigs:

Hair rigs were designed for carp fishing to try and fool the fish in to taking the bait without thinking the hook is there.

The idea is that when a carp sucks in the bait, and when they feel the hook and try and eject the bait, they become instantly hooked.



The bait is threaded on to that loop using a baiting needle



How to use a baiting needle:

Firstly, thread your bait onto the needle and a little way down the "stem".

You then use the little hook on the end of the needle which you grab onto the loop in the hair rig with.

Next, thread your bait onto the loop and put a boilie stop through the end of the loop to secure the bait.



(Pick one of the little v shaped things off.)

How to tie the knotless knot that forms the hair rig:

1. Tie an overhand knot at the end of your hooklink, this should form a small loop (or big depending on the size of loop you want)

2. Pass the other end of the hookling through the eye of a hook (allow around 30mm from the end ofg the loop to the shank (bend) of the hook, for the hair.

3. Take the end of the hooklink that went through the hook eye and wrap it around the shank of the hook 6 times, then thread it through the eye of the hook again.

4. Pull the two ends tight, you should now have a succesful looking hair rig.



The hair rig is used by so many carp anglers these days, that you should too

[kiwimarty]

Dan, your on a roll mate. Thanks for the great post, unfortunatly I cant give you rep again but thanks all the same.

Kiwi.

[Old Smoothound]

Good post Dan...great info for the novice or would be Carp angler

[Hooker]

Good simple diagrams there nice one ;)

[dan the fishing man]

i prefer to buy the barbless size 8 ESP hair rigs from good tackle shops.
these have caught me many fish for the price of just £1.80
i advise everybody to try them

[Norfolkboy]

Originally Posted by dan the fishing man

i prefer to buy the barbless size 8 ESP hair rigs from good tackle shops.
these have caught me many fish for the price of just £1.80
i advise everybody to try them

I'm not telling people what to buy mate, just helping them to understand how to make hair rigs if they wish

[dan the fishing man]

i just think this may be the difference between catching and not catching for beginers mate, so we may as well help them

[Norfolkboy]

I don't. I always have and will use my own made hair rigs, it works out so much cheaper too.

Admittedly, and knot tied wrong could result in a lost fish, so I see your point, but once you're a little more experienced in playing fish, I don't think you need to spend say 15.00 on roughly 8 rigs, when you could make 100's more for the same price....

Everyone has there own preferences though, and I don't want to start telling people what to do, it's up to them :-)

[luke6661982]

I have been thinking about using the hair rig when fishing for mullet, this diagram has really helped me in constructing the rig.

Would i be wasting my time fishing for mullet with this rig??

[dan the fishing man]

Originally Posted by Norfolkboy

I don't. I always have and will use my own made hair rigs, it works out so much cheaper too.

Admittedly, and knot tied wrong could result in a lost fish, so I see your point, but once you're a little more experienced in playing fish, I don't think you need to spend say 15.00 on roughly 8 rigs, when you could make 100's more for the same price....

Everyone has there own preferences though, and I don't want to start telling people what to do, it's up to them :-)

i agree with you on that. i do sometimes make my own rigs and catch many fish on them, but sometimes i would rather pay £1.80 than go to the bother of making them