The Perfect Rig?

As we all know your choice of rig from the beach can be the difference between catching and blanking.

I have been interested in rigs for a number of years now and have made some good ones and some not so good ones. The important thing is to try things out and see if they work as you never know when you might stumble across a fantastic idea that will catch you more fish.

We already know that fish target species and bait size are key to the hook size that you use but what about snood length?

The longer the snood the more likely it is to get tangled so a lot of anglers will opt away from a longer snood however, a longer snood looks far more natural in the water and will (I believe) catch you more fish.

I like to fish one up and one down using two hooks but I have had problems in the past with tangles.

One of my friends Mr Ian Golds decided to overcome this problem by starting a snood at the top of the rig and a snood at the bottom of the rig and clipping them both down in a revolutionary way.

Friend of the shop ian Golds.

The rig took off like wild fire as its results were staggering!

This is the rig, you might know it as the Loop Rig or from its more commonly know name The Portsmouth Rig.

Click on the image below to enlarge it.

As you will notice there are two snoods at two different positions on the rig and that can open up a lot of opportunities. You could use 10lb line and a size 1 hook for the top more moveable snood and 30lb line with a 3/0 for the more positioned rig.
That would mean a couple of beads and some "Bling" on the top snood for smaller species or flat fish and a couple of Peeler Crab on the bottom snood for Bass/Smoothound?
The possibilities are endless.

You do need quite a few bits to make this rig but believe me the end result is well worth it.