rubber eel rigs can anyone help

Joined: Jul 20, 2009 Posts: 3 Location: isle of colonsay

have been told there is a rig for using rubber eels over rough ground by using a drilled golf ball .can anyone help as no local help or tackle shops in my area, would be grateful for any help,cheers

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:37 pm

Hi Iain,
I've never heard of drilling a golf ball to fish an eel but i reckon it would work with a bit of experimentation.
If you drilled the hole and then used SS wire with a loop at both ends to attach swivels if needed or just to tie the line on. Perhaps you could screw in a couple of those small hooks that you used to get for curtain wires to attach the line to but, I would check how well they stay attached before losing the pollack of a lifetime.
The only problem I can envisage is, that due to golf balls not floating, unless you are fishing deep water getting snagged is going to be likely.
Alternatively you can use a carp controller float to spin the eels back but at £2/4 a piece the golf ball idea may be a lot cheaper !!!

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:06 pm

Never tried golf balls i use a jif lemon full of candle wax.
I think with the golf ball you just drill a hole and screw in one curtain eye then fish it running ledger style with the eel. Must be easier than filling the jif with wax happy

Joined: Jul 20, 2009 Posts: 3 Location: isle of colonsay

cheers lads might have sussed it out , will post if it works cheers

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:05 am

Hi guys
I guess this is a variant on what the French call a "buldo mer" - a floating rubber bullet-shaped affair which gives you casting weight. I've used them to good effect before now. I'm sure I saw them on sale here in UK not long ago, might be worth asking round the tackle shops. Another option the French guys use is a half-filled bubble float, it's OK in choppy water or surf but kicks up too much wake if things are flat.
Good luck with it!

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:07 am

Another alternative - what about one of the keyring floats you can buy from boat chandlers? I've seen bullet-shaped ones of them, if you ran a swivel onto the ring it'd cast & fish OK I reckon.

Regular Joined: Jul 26, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Surrey

Or how about a simple bubble float? - weight adjustable, and filled to brim would have neutral buoyancy. Nigel

Joined: Jul 20, 2009 Posts: 3 Location: isle of colonsay

hi guys thanks for your ideas here is another part to it . through the drilled hole in said golf ball , small tube ie biro pen or similar glued in , line runs through , and as the ball sinks it literly bounces over rough ground.rocks etc , giving it a go wed night, if success will post.

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:34 am

There are weights shaped like a Delta wing or like a lead lifter that are available, perhaps this would help.
Cheers keith big grin