Stop The Carp Spooking Off Your RIG!

How to make sure your hooklink doesn’t kick up.

If your hooklink doesn’t lay flat on the lake bottom, the carp could be spooking off your rig and you’d miss loads of chances. In this video, I show you 3 ways to connect your rig to your mainline and how to make sure your hooklink doesn’t kick up.

⏰ *In this video:*
00:00 How to stop the carp spooking off your spot
00:19 Tie your rig to a simple swivel
02:23 Tie your rig to a ring swivel
03:33 How to re-use tungsten sinkers
04:26 Use a loop to loop connection to attach your rig
08:40 How to use quick links

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[matthewcollinsangler]

Connecting your hooklink to your mainline swivel might seem like a trivial detail but depending on what rig you use, some methods are much better suited than others. Anti tangle sleeves, tungsten sinkers and putty are often mistaken as magic “cures” for hooklink loop-up but nothing could be further from the truth. You can’t always just chuck more bits at the problem to solve it. The simplest methods can be the best. I’ve caught loads of big carp using nothing more than 20lb mono directly tied to a swivel. There are too many variables to demonstrate the number of ways that things can go wrong but hopefully this overview will show why hooklink loop up is a problem and can cost you chances. The only way to truly know if your rigs work well is to test them in a bucket.

[andym]

Matthew just back into fishing after a 40year break
Love your mono hair rig to a swivel ……..works a treat in conjunction with a float lift bite method
Simple set up but great fun !!!

[bashab]

When I’m fishing a longer hook link I use a twisle loop to create a boom section to avoid tangles and allow the rig to reset, maybe it’s overkill but gives me confidence especially when I know there are lots of bream roach around moving the rig, pinched the idea from Steve Ringer who uses it when he’s feeder fishing, have tested it and rig resets time after time . Can be combined with other solutions .

[denverdymond]

Another fantastic, informative video heavy on detailed examples explained in a clear and concise way. I’m particularly paranoid about this particular presentation issue so this was gold for me!
Well done Matt, and thank you 🙏🎣🔝

[Kb]

Just rewatched this and ran some tests myself. What an eye opener!! I have totally lost faith in using foam nuggets as they definitely will increase the chance of your hooklink not sitting right. Unless you're using something pretty stiff like an amnesia boom. You'll definitely get a better flat presentation with a stick and hitting the clip. Pop up rigs not so much. Thanks matt

[arkaywat]

Feathering the cast will push the bait out as the lead and bait land but the bait will still follow the lead down through the water directly above (or near as dam) it! If you used a deeper test tank you'd probably get a bigger separation of bait and lead, especially with mono or coated braids.

[darrenfox]

Hi Matt just had my first church pool carp a 28, 11 lb mirror with nashy by the side of me unreal experience

[warrendunn]

Hello Matthew,
Would it be possible to do a video on crimping?
There are a lot of manufacturers selling crimps and pliers at the moment. It would be helpful to know what materials should be crimped or be avoided.

[chrissmedley]

great vid matt very informative and easy to learn from

[corkyvanderhaven]

If I have moving canal water in the desert👉⁉️Would you suggest get it to lay completely down as best as I can with water that’s always moving??? Split shot close to my hair rig hook, maybe?
Tight line or no?
20 foot wide, 5-7ft deep.
Any tips would be swell. Thx boys🪄🎣

[TheIridescentFisherMan]

Hi Mathew. I had a quick question about fishing single hook baits.
I fish a venue where the fish are under no pressure and I feel that my success is entirely dependent on having baited my area over a good period of time. But I'm interested in fishing single baits with no freebies. Do you have any experience with something like this?

[edenandmeadow]

Another great video showing advice and care

[darrenfox]

Another good video Matt 👍
I've always gone for a rig laying flat rather than trying to camouflage it.With all the bits of weed, twigs etc I don't believe colour of braid is important, as you say it's a lot more important the rig is pinned flat

[TheIridescentFisherMan]

Back as always my friend.
I had an interesting observation I wanted to pass by you. So we've just had a very large amount of rain and the lake is up a few feet actually. I went out for a quick morning session at a swim I've been frequenting.

So what I'd noticed is there was an exceptional amount of brasching/basching. More than any other time in months for the time of day. Yet not a single bite.
What I'm assuming is the storm and run in to the lake brought a lot of silt and debris into the water column so they were just continually clearing their gills? Have you ever experienced something like this? And is there any real way to differentiate between say them hitting insect top water and clearing gills?

[daventry]

Hi Matt .
I've been using 15lb mainline with a 12lb hooklink on my syndicate water, with great success over the last 18 months . I've been catching carp up to 30lb with no issues whatsoever.
The reason I like the weaker link is so I snap at the hook knot . Course fishing 101
I fished a new water yesterday, very snaggy with bigger fish, upper 30s and I just kept getting snapped off all day . I lost 7 fish ! . I Lost more hooks in one day, than I have in years .
I decided to try out your mono rig, using 15lb main and they still snapped me off . Haha . Only this time, I snapped at the mainline knot , loosing everything. That's unacceptable for me, as its bad for the environment, and there's now a fish with a hook link and swivel stuck in it's gob . That bothers me a lot .
My question is , if you snag or the fish snaps you, using your 15lb mono rig. How do you ensure snapping at the hook knot ?
Is it possible to tie a weak link in somehow, for example different strength knots either side of the swivel ?
Hope this sense .
Thanks Matt .

[corkyvanderhaven]

New sub
You are a genius 🏴‍☠️pirate
🌵🧀🎣

[Speedy_]

Matthew a bit of topic, but could you let us know which landing net and handle you use if possible, great videos really enjoying the content.

[LuisGutierrez-firv]

If i were to want to use boom line on my running rig could i just tie my rig with it normally? I keep hearing that crimping is the end all be all with that line but is it really that important ?

[pjlcarpexpeditions]

Interesting video Matt mate with excellent demonstrations to show. Ive been opting a lot for fluorocarbon rigs myself for exactly reasons you stated and its been working really well at my local syndicate. Bait presented well all the time 👍🎣

[Kb]

Hi Mathew, I’m a little confused about whether to use a small loop covered with anti tangle sleeve or just a large loop to double over a large ring swivel. Korda currently pushing Sleeves a lot for pushing bait out and resetting, which I get. But is there pros and cons for both. I’d have thought a ring swivel like mine gives the bait a lot more movement if the fish comes from behind. Also on the cast is one better for anti tangle than the other