Lakebed type and rig selection

Once I have found an area that I’m happy

carp with, I must either find spots that the are close to or drop back on to some existing spots I know about from previous sessions. This leads to my second most important decision – rig choice.

This is more complicated than simply

rig. casting out the latest, most fashionable

two To help make my decision I ask myself questions; how am I going to present my hookbait? And what is the bottom like?

use a If I am fishing over hard silt or gravel, I

swivel standard knotless knot rig with a bait

rig is threaded on to the hook’s shank. This

go to’ generally known as a German rig. My ‘ hookbait for this rig is a Dynamite Baits

than a Tigernut Wafter. I use a wafter rather

it bottom bait or a pop- up because I know balances perfectly with a size 6 hook and delivers a perfect hook- hold every time.

is But what happens if your chosen area weedy or the bottom is softer and siltier?

a In this scenario I use a pop- up and I am real sucker for how the Ronnie rig works. Hookbait- wise, I turn to the old faithful

I Tigernut, using a Food Bait Pop- Up which know will sit just off the bottom of the

weed. lakebed and settle above any low- lying

Today, I have leaded around and found some gravel patches near weedbeds near where I’ve seen fish. I can select my wafter rig and feel confident that it is presented

before perfectly and it’s just a matter of time

I trick an unsuspecting carp.

Wafter hookbaits are fished over firmer areas such as gravel patches