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Rig Building Tips
Making your own gear is far more satisfying than just using ready made rigs. We have included some ideas on this page that will give you an indication of what can be done using items from this site.

Flutter Spoon Rig with attached muppet

Ideal for ling and Cod. Attach directly to a boom, or boom + hook length.

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Parts Used

1x Crosslock Snap
2x 80lb s/s Split Rings
1x 1/0 Crane Swivel
1x 4.75" Ribbed Flutter Spoon
1x 12cm Red Muppet
1x Sakuma Viking 6/0 Hook
1x 8mm Plastic Bead
1x Length of 'Red Scale' semi transparent adhesive tape
1x 12mm 'Stick On' Eye
1x Length of Sakuma 80 lb 'Rig Body' Mono

This rig is best fished from a wire boom, French Boom, Skelter Boom, Anti-Tangle Boom etc. One or two can be rigged above a pirk making sure that the spacing is enough to prevent tangling. Having more than one hook on a rig is not being greedy as more often than not you only ever catch one fish anyway, the reason for it is to present a variety of hook assemblies to the fish to increase your chances of a hook up and reduce the chance of fishing a period of time without bait after only one failed take.

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Flutter Spoon Rig with attached muppet

Made as the above rig but using a 165mm length of Stainless Steel 'Bandit Strap' instead of the Ribbed Flutter Spoon. Decorated with Gold Scale semi transparent adhesive tape, Gold Holographic Scale tape and silver 'Stick On Eye'.

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Hokeye Lure

Standard, off the shelf Hokeye rigs are OK for the purpose that they are designed for, but when fishing a shoal of hard fighting Cod the lure will invariably fall apart. When making your own lures you can assemble the parts to withstand the rigors that the rig will be exposed to.

Parts Used

11mm oval lumo bead
Large lumo Hokeye body
Metal lavendar/silver ribbon
Blue holographic sparkle strands
Sakuma 6/0 510 Viking hook
The hook-length is Sakuma 80lb mono rig body

This lure can be fished from a small wire boom with swivel or tied onto a 100lb rig body using a 3 turn knot. A series of 3 to 6 hook lengths rigged onto the mainline will give a shoal effect and increase the chance of hook-ups. Use bonded sewing thread or button thread to whip the assembly together then bond with 'Angling Glue'.

The ribbon will get ripped and buckled over time but you can add a new one by cutting the old ribbon off at the back end of the lure body, leaving about 10mm protruding, fold over and super-glue on a new one.

All the parts needed for building these rigs can be found in our store.

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Ocean Tackle Store
(quality sea fishing tackle and clothing store)
Gremista Industrial Estate
Lerwick
Shetland
Tel:+ 44 (0)1595 694848

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