Rigs
Terminal arrangements: what goes where between the main line and the hook, what the assembly does once it is wet, and when something simpler would work better.
Drop shot rig
Weight at the bottom, hook tied in above it — a finesse arrangement that suspends a small lure at a fixed height and lets it be worked without moving.Hair rig
The bait mounted on a short link below the hook rather than on the hook — the single most consequential rig invention in modern coarse fishing.Method feeder rig
A moulded feeder with bait pressed around it and a very short hooklength, so the hookbait sits in the middle of its own small pile of feed.Paternoster rig
One or more hooklengths standing off a main stem above a weight — the fundamental sea-fishing terminal arrangement.Pole rig
A short fixed length of line below a pole tip, with the shock absorption provided by elastic inside the pole rather than by a reel drag.Running leger
A bottom rig in which the line runs freely through the weight, so a taking fish feels almost nothing.Stick float rig
A float attached top and bottom so it can be held back against the current, presenting a bait that travels with the flow at a speed the angler chooses.Surface controller rig
A weighted float that provides casting weight while leaving a buoyant bait sitting freely on the surface behind it.Uptide rig
A boat rig cast up-tide of the boat with a grip lead that anchors, then deliberately breaks out when a fish takes.Waggler float rig
A float attached by its bottom end only, so the line between rod and float can be sunk beneath surface drift.Wire trace deadbait rig
Two trebles on a wire trace, positioned in the outer flesh of a deadbait so the fish can be struck promptly and hooked in the jaw.
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