No-Pro's all rounder False Bay rig

[No-Pro]

Ok guys, first time trying to do a tut, lets hope I get it right.
This rig can be used for a variety of fish on False Bay surf, Muizenberg to Maccassar.
I have caught numerous Kob, Steenbras, Blacktail, Galjoen and Stumpie on it and it works for variety of baits too, worm, mussel, fish bait, prawn and mussel.


Required:
Mustad 2/0 longshank hook
Mustad 2/0 Ultrapoint (Beak bait heavy) with an off-set hook eye
2x Size 3 beads
2x Size 4 beads
Size 2 power swivel
Size 4 barrel swivel
Medium sized float


Tie longshank 2/0 with in Improved Clinch knot and then place 2x size 3 beads.

[No-Pro]

Add off-set hook

[No-Pro]

Medium float

[No-Pro]

Finish off hook snoot with a size 2 power swivel, hook snoot about 50cm long.

[No-Pro]

Put sinker snoot's barrel swivel over main line, insert 2x size 4 beads and attach to the power swivel.
You now have a sliding sinker trace, which should be about 60cm.

[No-Pro]

Normally a 60z grapple sinker works best for the heavy wash and under current.
Nylon grapple works best for me, but if water too turbulent and nylon still rolls, then change to a wire grapple.

[SAfish]

  Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. 

[Lofty]

nice rig there No Pro... thanks for sharing... in case you didn't know,you can add up to 3 pics per post,just add more pics from your comp. using additional options and add more pics...

[isivuba]

Nice first tut      . One question what would your best bait be to use on this rig?

[No-Pro]

Nice first tut      . One question what would your best bait be to use on this rig?

Used it with moonshine worm, blood worm, mussel, prawn and small red eye or mullet.
The top (red) hook is not tied, so it can slide to accommodate a long blood worm or go through the lip of a mullet and the main hook in the back/side.

[Lenny]

Nice . thats for taking the time .


I used similar rigs in FBay for Kob and Steenbrasse .


Is your float fixed ?


We basically stopped fishing double hook traces  , for a couple of reasons but the main one was when we fished long casts over a shallow bank like Brokenroad . We hooked plenty of fish , but also lost a number of fish and the only way we improved was to drop the second hook , we made loads of tests but this seemed to be the problem.
The other reason is we all went with Circles , and doubt If we will ever go back to Double J's


I will admit , that the that second  hook very often get the fish , hence loads of guys still fishing this way . This was our theory : the second hook get the fish , and now you have the fixed hook [ your main hook] swinging around and getting caught on what ever there might be ,including the fish ,  in the case it will foul hook the fish outside the mouth lets say behind the gills ,the hooks seem to pull .... even sea weeds /grass and Kelp and this drag it causes will also effect your hooked fish , and might result in a hooke pulling , just the thought of it makes me 'iffy ' lol

[No-Pro]

The float is loose.
I have tried circles and did not get good results, but i bought more circles yesterday, going to keep trying them until i get the results everyone say they have.
Want to use circles to avoid foul hooks and injury to the small kobbies.
That said, about 80% of the hook ups are on the skelm hook, so the circles would have to perform to beat that.

[Lenny]

The float is loose.
I have tried circles and did not get good results, but i bought more circles yesterday, going to keep trying them until i get the results everyone say they have.
Want to use circles to avoid foul hooks and injury to the small kobbies.
That said, about 80% of the hook ups are on the skelm hook, so the circles would have to perform to beat that.

The 'thing ' that makes Circles so lekker to fish with , is that if your hooked up , that circle is not coming out until you remove it . even with a slack line they sit . One mission me made to Makaza [we like to fish there by the trappies ], I sat in the bakkie , nursing a giant hangover , i dozed of or passed out [ can't remember LOL ] my rods still in the water , I woke up and the kob was on the beach , beached itself , and my sinker in the process snapped off too now that might have not happened with a J , but the circle was in the scissors VAS . It might just be that I love circles so much because of my method of fishing and my 'mobility' issues LOL ...
Needles to say , the hangover was gone .

[MIKE PIKE]

Great tut No- Pro..    the skelm hook set up .