Who invented the dropper rig?

[treeboa]

It was spartacus

here we go, hundreds of posts claiming " im spartacus"

[willywetegg]

Lol Mike, got to admit I was tempted mate

Jim.

[Zippyuser]

Droper rigs

I can remember seeing this type of rig being used by a few of the lads who used to fish in john bohills comps on the Tyne years and years ago one of the first useing it was Paul Richardson and the late John Bradley useing bent bits of wire as there was no purpose made clips you could buy back then in order to make this rig
Now I'm not saying they invented it or anything as quite alot of people were useing the same or very similar versions of the rig back then and iv seen many variations of the same rig over the years
The one featured in sea angler useing all the off the shelf clips etc has been in use in the north east for years as many a matchman will tell you Andy Rutherford showed quite a few people his version of it as did Stevie Graham and Davie Raymond many many years ago
So who invented it Certainly not Sea Angler and to be honest I don't care who did but I would like to say thanks to all the people who have showed me there version of the rig over the years which I have copied and used hope this sheds some light on the situation

[The Great Wallsendo]

for the lads asking about this rig and wanting to know about how to tie it...

Have a look here

Hope this helps

[5150]

here we go, hundreds of posts claiming " im spartacus"

Guy at work has a T-Shirt with it on, makes me snigger everytime guess most people don't know Spartacus's popularity with certain groups of people

[willywetegg]

Lee, check there is nothing that could cause offence before posting websites mate.

[5150]

Sorry Jim, hadn't thought about it before posting.

[YoursTruly]

If its the rig i am thinking of using a dodger for clipping down, we called it a long and low.

It was one of the top rigs for the rubble on S/S pier.

[Jimbob]

Good thread...has anyone ever caught consistently on these? Go on please tell some tales.

[jonesey]

here we go, hundreds of posts claiming " im spartacus"

ha ha you read my mind

[jonesey]

anyone got a diagram ?

Follow the link on the opening post, cracking diagram shown

[codseeker]

Follow the link on the opening post, cracking diagram shown

there isnt a link showing such a rig m8 on the opening post only to 2 sites not directing to the rig info

[jonesey]

Dropper Rig

Sorry, was on the first post link to ukanglers, then sea angling rigs section.

[Topfly]

Jonesey, that's the best diagram of it . nice one.