Rigs

[Tonygdodds]

Always fished with my home made pulley rigs
& to be honest I can't fault them, they've caught me fish & coped well in the rough ground, I usually fish the Rock marks not a big fan of pier fishing & got to be in the mood for beach fishing.
Question is should I stick with them or go to something different
I like to stick with what I'm used to
& as an example I thought the slosh reels were the best around......until I got a more modern saltist
Would I gain anything by changing?

 

[louis268]

My moto is if it's not broken don't fix it aslong as it brings fish in

 

[Tonygdodds]

My moto is if it's not broken don't fix it aslong as it brings fish in

I agree

 

[Juliogeordio]

Pulley for me on most marks mate. Some people complain about hook up rates but I don't tend to miss a lot of bites so never found it an issue. If I were you I wouldn't change if it already works!

 

[CHUKKA]

Pulley rigs= dropped bites and missed fish.
Pulley rigs= easy to tie and possibly less tackle lost.

Personally i would rather not use pulleys if at all possible but they do have their use, like dragging fish over boulders and dry rock.

A good old paternoster will outfish a pulley rig.

 

[beachbuddy]

Pulley rigs= dropped bites and missed fish.
Pulley rigs= easy to tie and possibly less tackle lost.

Personally i would rather not use pulleys if at all possible but they do have their use, like dragging fish over boulders and dry rock.

A good old paternoster will outfish a pulley rig.

I'll agree with that,I've found pulleys will only fish with a spike,were as pat's,up and overs and Portsmouth rigs will fish both plain and spike.

 

[Philysafc]

For the best of both , use a paternoster fixed with silicon sliders , one above and 3 or 4 below , if you catch a large fish the paternoster will slide down and act like a pulley , weight above the fish , I think the strike ratio is better with these using a Pennel rig with a 2/0 circle on ya top hook , but as said if ya catching don't change , only change if ya missing fish or losing them .
Tight lines

 

[dabcatcher]

similar to the above i made a small alteration to my pulleys.

i found bites were softer and i did miss some smaller fish [not good in matches].

all i do now is add a stop knot on my rig body and push it up to the sliding swivel. the rig now acts like a paternoster and bites are more positive. once hooked most fish will now pull against the stop knot causeing it to slide down the rig body. i.m now using a regular pulley rig with the lead up out of the way.