CARP RIGS - Fox International

RIG CONCEALMENT
CARP have incredibly keen eyesight and in
strong light and clear water are able to
see the tiniest objects with ease. Well
concealed leads, end tackles and rig
components are an essential ingredient
for catching carp consistently - if a carp is
unsettled by the appearance of your end
tackle and rig components it’s unlikely to
stick around long enough to get caught!
Although there are times when carp are
nowhere near so reliant on their eyes such
as in coloured water, attention to detail
camouflaging rigs will always pay off in the
long term. The more effectively you conceal
tackle from wary carp the more confidently
they tend to be in their feeding and the
more likely you are to catch.
Fox has developed Adaptive Camouflage,
which uses repeating colours to disrupt
outline and disguise terminal tackle.
Carefully chosen following exhaustive testing
from dozens and dozens of shades
available Fox rig bits are supplied in
translucent green and gravel brown
– simply disappearing when on the lake
bed whether over polished gravel bottoms,
amongst silkweed or in soft silt.
The acid test is to put your end tackle and
rig in the lake and have a look at it. Seeing
a rig disappear on the lake bed in front of
you does wonders for your confidence!
TOP TIP
If you find splicing Leadcore tricky, Fox
Ready Spliced Leadcore Leaders come
supplied with Ring Swivels at one end and
a spliced loop at the other.
HOW TO SPLICE LEADCORE
Pull back the polyester outer and snip off around
8cm of the inner lead wire. Where the lead ends
and the hollow inner starts, push a Splicing
Needle into the centre of the polyester sheath.
Trim the end of the leadcore so the fibres are
neat. Insert the end into the Splicing Needle and
close the lip to secure it.
Once the needle emerges keep pulling the tag
end until you begin to form a small loop. Keep
tighening until the loop is around 5mm. Trim the
excess leadcore tag.
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Push the needle 1.5-2cm down the centre of the
polyester outer and then push the needle back out
through the side of the polyester.
Hold the section where the needle passes through
the centre of the polyester between thumb and
finger and gently pull the needle back, trapping
the end of the leadcore back through it.
To create the other end of the leader repeat the
process, threading a ring swivel on the leadcore
after the inner is removed and before the splice
is formed.
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