Pulley Rig Lengths

[Sigsy]

If you have a moment would you mind putting down what lengths you would reccommend for a pulley rig?

At present I have been using about 6ft for the main line and approx 4 1/2 - 5ft for the hook line.

[codseeker]

gosh thats some size lenght pulley rig

[codseeker]

http://www.nesa.co.uk/rig-section/The_Pulley_Rig.html

[johnf]

Anything from 12" in rougher conditions to 3' in summer/flat calm. I tend to reduce length dependant on ground conditions (the rougher the weather/ground, the shorter the trace)

[phill_itofish]

i tend to make them no longer than 10 inches, only because then i've always got somthing to hand to measure them with lol.

[phill_itofish]

http://www.nesa.co.uk/rig-section/The_Pulley_Rig.html

i'd modify this setup and use a lead link with a built in bait clip so you dont need all the cripms and beeds,

lead link with bait clip, beed, swivel, swivel, hook

sorted

[Sigsy]

Hmmm, I think i'll shorten all of mine then.

Cheers

[The Great Wallsendo]

...unless of course you fish with a 16ft+ rod

[RONVIK]

Alan Yates' Pulley Rig | Fishing Videos | Gofishing.co.uk

[sless]

im the same as johnf

[MartyMusther]

Long Pulley rigs

If you are using pulley rigs that long, when there is any sort of tide running your bait will probably be well off the bottom, unless you let loads of slack out.

[Paul(Hag)Hague]

I use one length of 80lb, straight thru, 4-5ft in length.
Then put imp, bead, swiv, bead crimp and hook.
The power of the pully eh!

[T.C.]

As some have mentioned......it really depends on the roughness of the ground your fishing coupled with the strength of the tide - rougher the ground / stronger the tide - the shorter the trace.
Personally, I use between about 10 inches and 18 inches for the hook length

[BriH]

i tend to make them no longer than 10 inches, only because then i've always got somthing to hand to measure them with lol.

ooh Err Missus ,do you fish that place over whitley bay ,only heard of this mark ,never fished it though

i take it that its fish your sizing LOL

[T.C.]

Sigsy, just as an addition to my last post............something I was advised about yonks ago........if your fishing really rough ground or heavy, kelpy areas - simple is best - for 2 reasons:

1. you're gonna lose a load of rigs - why waste all those crimps, beads, swivels, etc !

2. The more crimps, beads swivels, etc you use - the more chance that they'll snag.


I used to fish the kelp beds just South of Souter and found that in those kind of situations the REALLY basic rig was the best....

I've amended Tonys' (Wallsendo) photo to show the simplest rig and the one I used for the really heavy ' kelpy areas (hope you don't mind your pic being doctored Tony):




Because it's just a basic lob out (in most cases when fishing these locations), there's no need for things like bait clips or shock leaders....although a weak link (rotten bottom) on the weight could come in handy............having said that - because you're only "lobbing out", you could get away with a sinker length of less than 25lb - so no REAL need for a rotten bottom......if the weight gets snagged, it should just snap off with a bt of a pull.