hello all,i have done this subject to death over the years[on another site]so if any one has missed it here goes.
i have fished the h.a since the 1960,s,and the very first thing i do is to find the fish,nothing is more important than that,in fact if i havnt seen any fish then i dont fish.not every one can do that i know,as you may have to travel long distances to get there,like i used to,so you have to hope that there are fish in the area that you choose.i now live 5miutes from the h.a.
running rig or bolt rig,well it depends weather you want taps and little pulls or the rod heading for the river,so i fish a rig[bolt rig]that gives me a wappround every time,there are no twitches or taps with this rig.
what made me fish this tpe of rig and not to use any other,well i will try to explain.
countless hours of fish spotting over 40odd years on the avon,and watching fish behavior,and how at times they can and do mouth a bait without moving off with it never seems to amaze me,so unless you have the correct rig to deal with them when they are in this mood,and worse still you cant see the fish,to sight fish for them[like terry lampard]you will never catch them.
of course there will be days when they will show no caution at all,and go straight to the bait pick it up or suck it up and move off with it.
this is all well and good if they move off with it as this is what gives you the bite or wappround,but as i have just said they dont always move off with the bait,so you have to make them move off.
this is where the bolt rig comes in[hence the name]they only have to mouth the bait or hold it in there lips without moving and the rig i use will make them bolt or move away with the bait.
i will explain a bit more about the rig,when i see your reaction to this post. cheers derek.