Rig making made easy

Guest

Pretty new to sea fishing and started making my own rigs. This idea was given to me when making my own rigs for puddle chucking. Dont know where the idea came from or from who.
Would appreciate some opinions from the more seasoned anglers out there if there is a standard bit of kit to do this or an easier or alternative way??

Simple 1 hook rig
1. Place panel pin in top centre of plank of wood. Pencil also required.
2. Place ready made rig top swivel over panel pin and pull line tight. (can use 2 more panel pins to keep terminal ends in place?)
3 & 4. With line tight, mark up all beads, crimps, swivels etc

Remove ready made rig

5. Tie top swivel onto line, hook over panel pin
6. Cut length of line allowing enough to tie weight swivel (or hook) in position
7. Place all beads, crimps, swivels etc on line in order they're written in on wood from top to bottom
8. When in correct position crimp, tie knots etc

Rig complete ready for next one.
Done 8 rigs in half an hour this way. The longest part is setting up the template.
Would be interested to hear your views on this and whether there is an easier or more recognised way.
dappers
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Regular Joined: Sep 14, 2008 Posts: 424 Location: Burnley

good tutorial dappers winking

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:31 pm

Nice idea

I do most of mine sat watching tv with just my hands...lol

Craig Wave

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:08 pm

like the sound of 8 rigs in half an hour, well done m8!
my slightly less advanced method involves a bit of string dangling from the ceiling with a genie clip attached....might give your way a go!

tight lines

Guest

JT
8 rigs was only done on really simple 1 hook rig.
However have found the more complicated the rig, obviously the slower it is. But you have all your measurements and type of part written on your piece of wood. reckon I have been making more complicated rigs 4 times faster, with less swearing and less hooked and cut fingers.
Think the best part is that you are continually using a taut line

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:43 pm

I like the idea of consistant snood lenghts etc....mine are all roughly the same length, but involves faffing around holding line against a tape mesure, not very hi tec!
have already started eyeing up the firewood pile!

best rig tip to date is 'power gum' for stop knots...awesome stuff, great for impact shields, srt springs and even bait stops...pretty cheap too, considering how little is used each time.

tight lines!

Guest

The only part that was throwing me a little bit was that I couldnt get a regular position for the hook and weight swivel. Varying about 1/2" to 2" in position when finalising the knot.
So now I leave the 2 terminal end panel pins in, place around the bend in the hook or (and) swivel and knot them up with a tight line on the jig.
Hope that makes sense. Sounds more complicated than it is.
Still a bit Work In Progress at mo
confused

Joined: Dec 03, 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Thetford

You mean not everybody uses the curtain pole to hang them from like me? the other advantage of this method is the cats are entertained playing with the weight hanging from it (its ok i removed the wires)

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:54 pm

I tie my own rigs, tend to do it while i sit and watch TV after ive had my tea with my girlfriend.
Girlfriend watches eastenders, coronation street etc and i tie my rigs up devil

Guest

Happy New Year to you all.

I've just started making my own rigs and all working quite well thanks to tips on here etc.
However, I notice from the ready made rigs that their main line is normally about 60lb and clear. Have looked through various sites and mag ads and cant find anything that is specialist for main line rigs. Also anything above 40lb tends to be coloured (is that a problem also??). I do have special 30lb snood line, so is there a special line for rig body or just normal mono??
Also what weight line? Do you match it up to your shock leader strength?

Appreciate any advice. Ta
winking

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:00 am

hi dappers , i allways use 80lb clear mono for my rig bodies and 25lb to 30lb snoods winking

Dave

Guest

Ta Jacko

But where do you get that mono from and what make? Cant see anything out there of thet sort of strength and clear

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:06 pm

hi dappers its not 80lb silly

my mistake its 60lb sylcast bought a job lot a couple of years ago but i will let you know if you can still get it m8

dave

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:08 pm

Member Joined: Nov 05, 2007 Posts: 78 Location: Poole

dappers wrote:

Ta Jacko

But where do you get that mono from and what make? Cant see anything out there of thet sort of strength and clear

Dappers,

Sakuma do 50lb and 60lb rig body which is clear but only 1 of my local tackle shops stocks it. You will have to ring around the tackle shops in your area or try to contact Sakuma for a list of local stockists.