CARP RIGS - Fox International

RUNNING RIGS
WITH the majority of carpers religiously
using semi-fixed leads, running rigs offer a
very different set of circumstances for carp
to deal with when they pick up a hook bait.
A semi-fixed lead uses the resistance of
the lead to pull the hook home when a
carp tightens the hook length. Brought
up around bolt rigs from day one, most
anglers find running rigs unlikely candidates
– after all how does a running rig help hook
carp when there’s no inertia of a lead to
drive the hook point home?
Hooking carp isn’t as straight forward as
the lead does the job for you, and often
simply the hook inside a carp’s mouth will
prick into flesh and be enough to panic a
fish without the hook length tightening.
Where running rigs really score is in
making life very difficult for carp to get rid
of a hook once they’ve picked up the hook
bait. When feeling a hook carp tend to
shake their heads violently to bounce a rig
out using the weight of a semi-fixed lead.
With running end tackles there’s no lead to
bounce the hook out, just steady resistance
as the line is pulled through the swivel of
the lead. It’s so simple, but really catches
carp out, behaving differently to almost all
other end tackles carp encounter.
Indication from running rigs is also
unrivalled. One of the beauties of running
rigs is that if a carp picks up your hook bait
you’ll always get a positive indication on a
Hanger or Swinger – telling you much more
about what is going on in your swim than
using semi-fixed leads.
MAKE A RUNNING RIG WORK FOR YOU
The simplest running rig is a Flat Pear threaded on
the mainline. Use a Fox Knot Protector Bead pushed
securely over size 7 swivel to buffer the lead on the
cast. The Bead has been designed to house a size 7
swivel and comes in Camo Green and Brown.
Adding a small PVA bag or stick to the hook
length always guarantees tangle free
presentation, the weight of the bag helping to
bounce the hook length away from the main line.
Although not as friction free as a running lead
direct on the main line, leads can be set up free
running on leadcore or tubing end tackles, again
using a knot protector bead as the stop.
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At short/medium range a running rig can be
fished without tubing or leadcore as long as the
hook material is semi-stiff like Fox Coretex or
Illusion and you watch for tangles when the rig is
in flight.
Run Ring and Bead Kits use speed links to allow
different size and shape leads to be substituted in
seconds. They come complete with everything you
need to create a running rig!
Running rigs are the safest long range end tackle,
allowing the lead to slide freely over a shock
leader knot in the event of breakage. For distance
work use a tiny PVA bag to prevent tangles.
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