Hi I fish a lake with silkweed bottom also bits of new fresh weed growth what's best suited i fish pop ups so was going to use semi stiff hinge rig but not sure on helicopter or leadclip

In reply to Post #1
Heli and just slide top bead up

In reply to Post #1
Leadclip with long hooklinks, slow sinking ronnie rig. Works a treat

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Another vote for the Heli setup.

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Lead clips all the way

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And another

I usually use lead clips as a preference, however if the silkweed is thick as s##t then I'd use a heli with the distance between the beads as short as possible without getting the rig caught in the weed.

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fishing in thick (18 inches plus) silkweed heli style is a big no no in my experience.

Yeah, the presentation is great but even with ejecting the lead silkweed will collect on anything including your heli "safe" and you will become anchored with the fish pulling against the anchor and you.

lead clip, long hooklinks are the best way IMO

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if your fishing on the silkweed with a wafter/bottom bait I would use barbless hooks 100%

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absolutely - if it goes in the weed then you still fishing