Been fishing a small lake today which is very silty I've been using slip d rigs
What are best rigs for silty waters I usually use a water
TIA
What are best rigs for silty waters I usually use a water
TIA
In reply to Post #1
Helicopter set up
Then you can still use your normal end game
Helicopter set up
Then you can still use your normal end game
I have had some success fishing longer hooklinks and a little PVA bag filled with foam nuggets attached to the hook to "parachute" it down softly on top of the silt.
In reply to Post #1
agree with what as already been said.
I would opt for a long braid hooklink and a light lead or a helicopter set up with light lead. I would also opt for a pop up that is critically balanced so that it gently lands on the silt.
agree with what as already been said.
I would opt for a long braid hooklink and a light lead or a helicopter set up with light lead. I would also opt for a pop up that is critically balanced so that it gently lands on the silt.
In reply to Post #4
So would a helicopter setup with soft hooklink slip d style be okay 👍 ???? Or should I use a more stiff boom with Ronnie etc ?
So would a helicopter setup with soft hooklink slip d style be okay 👍 ???? Or should I use a more stiff boom with Ronnie etc ?
In reply to Post #5
Less about hooklink set up & more about what its set up on is important for fishing silt. Just use what you normally do -tend to go longer hooklink but with a heli you can stop the lead plugging in more if you set the beads up the leader. Its sits far better in the silt that a lead clip set up.
Less about hooklink set up & more about what its set up on is important for fishing silt. Just use what you normally do -tend to go longer hooklink but with a heli you can stop the lead plugging in more if you set the beads up the leader. Its sits far better in the silt that a lead clip set up.
In reply to Post #5
personally I don't tend to use braid with heli set up as I don't find that I can be confident that it isn't tangled like you can be with a stiff link. I tend to use braid on an inline or a lead clip configuration.
personally I don't tend to use braid with heli set up as I don't find that I can be confident that it isn't tangled like you can be with a stiff link. I tend to use braid on an inline or a lead clip configuration.
You can put a stone or a concrete weight on, they don't sink as easy in the silt.
In reply to Post #5
use whatever hooklength you're confident in, me personally in situations like this which is most my fishing, I fish a helicopter set up,no trace bead pushed up the desired length, I fish a flouro d rig with a wafter and have it so it just glides down,the stiffness of the flouro pushes it out nicely and is stiff enough not to tangle on the cast..
use whatever hooklength you're confident in, me personally in situations like this which is most my fishing, I fish a helicopter set up,no trace bead pushed up the desired length, I fish a flouro d rig with a wafter and have it so it just glides down,the stiffness of the flouro pushes it out nicely and is stiff enough not to tangle on the cast..
In reply to Post #1
I just use running rigs and hooklength of at least a foot. Being a running rig hooklink makes no difference for hooking and can make it as long as you want. Also use a stiff boom and pva foam on hook. I do add a extra long sleeve just in case it tangles, which is doesn't seem to do due to the stiff material.
I just use running rigs and hooklength of at least a foot. Being a running rig hooklink makes no difference for hooking and can make it as long as you want. Also use a stiff boom and pva foam on hook. I do add a extra long sleeve just in case it tangles, which is doesn't seem to do due to the stiff material.