Chapter 2 – Ready Tied Masterclass ft Neil Spooner

Chapter 2 – Ready Tied Masterclass ft Neil Spooner

The subject of rigs can be confusing, especially for those who are either fairly new to carp fishing, or simply doesn’t have the time or inclination to spend on studying all the different variations around. 

Here though, Neil Spooner sets about proving that you don’t have to spend hours tying, or inventing, your own, as throughout this chapter he relies on ready-tied ones straight out of the packet!

During his session, he fishes three different lakes on the Linear Fisheries complex, in Oxfordshire, and opts for a different style of angling and rig on each, to show that even where the fish see it all on a daily basis at this busy day ticket water, you can still catch just as well on a rig that you haven’t tied yourself.

Neil starts things off with a rig that by now most people will be very familiar with – the spinner rig - but shows during his short session on Brasenose 2 just how effective it can be straight out of the packet (with a size 4 Kurv hook) if you don’t have the confidence or time to tie your own from scratch.

He then moves onto the much trickier Manor Farm, which has a lower stock of fish, and sets about proving that one of his favourite rigs – the combi-rig – can be just as effective straight out of the packet when using the Korda Loops and Booms system, which totally does away for the need to tie any fiddly knots yourself, and is simply a case of attaching the two  components, putting on a hookbait, and casting it out – safe in the knowledge that what you are using is the same as what Neil would usually construct himself, from scratch.

He finishes his session off on St Johns Lake, next door, and sets about showing that even when weather conditions lead to the fishing being different to what you expected, there is still a ready rig in the Korda range suitable for the situation.

With temperatures soaring, his original intention to concentrate on solid PVA bags - with the corresponding ready-tied PVA Bag Rig – quickly goes out of the window with so many fish up in the water, but a change to the pre-tied Zigs, and using the included pieces of foam as hookbaits, turns the session around.

Throughout this chapter Neil shows exactly how to use all the rigs and get the best from them, as well as revealing of a wealth of other useful information as to how he goes about tackling a busy day ticket complex like this one.