Tuesday, December 14, 2010

D Rig

The D-Rig is a great way to present a freely moveable bait. It is often utilised well in the Chod Rig which is well suited to fishing in deep silt or weed. Rather than mounting the bait on a hair, the chosen bait is tied to a rig ring, which is free-running, on a small loop of line shaped like a D, hence the name.

Start the rig in a similar way to a knotless knot, but without the loop on the end of the hair. This rig is best used with a fluorocarbon style hooklink.

D Rig Step 1

Run the line through the eye of the hook leaving about 2cm to use to make the ‘D’.

D Rig Hook Whipping

Whip the line down the hook in the normal way about 5 or 6 times and pass it back through the eye of the hook.

D Rig Ring Fitted

The next step is to make the ‘D’. Place a small rig ring onto the tail end of the line that usually makes the hair.

D Rig Make D

This is then passed through the eye of the hook (from the back) creating a D shaped loop.

D Rig Burn Tail

When you have pushed enough through to make a ‘D’ of a suitable size as shown, take a cigarette lighter and slowly burn the tail end down to stop it from pulling back through the eye.

D Rig Close Up

You can now bait the rig by tying on your desired bait (usually a pop-up boilie) using baiting floss. The bait is now free to move along the length of the ‘D’ allowing a very natural movement.

D Rig Finished Rig

All that is left is to finish your rig by attaching either a swivel or a ringed-swivel (used for the chod rig) and you’re ready to go.

For more carp fishing ideas and other carp rigs to try check out our other detailed rigs -

Blowback Rig | Bolt Rig | Chod Rig | D Rig | Helicopter Rig | Knotless Knot | Semi-Fixed Rig | Snowman Rig | Surface Rigs | Shrink Tube Rigs | Zig Rig