My Take On The Twister

A few months ago I went on a session with my mate Mark Watson and he showed me his variation on the now classic Multi-Rig. So I've taken his variation and added my own little twist to the rig for when I am fishing over a clear bottom.

First I start off by taking a small amount of soft braid and tying it to a length of fluorocarbon hook link with an albright knot. A super strong knot that gives a cracking pivot point for my rig putty.

Albright Knot and Monster Squid Purple

Once the knot has been tied its time to choose a hook and for this rig I only use a hook that is super strong and sharp so I choose the mighty Twister hook from Nash. I use them in both size 10 and 7. The size 10 hooks are quite big for a 10 which I love as they balance out a 10mm bait perfectly. For this rig today I am using a size 7 in conjunction with a 15mm pop-up. 

Twisters, super strong and sticky sharp. 

With my hook chosen I now tie an overhand loop knot on to my braided section. This loop determines the hight my pop-up will sit off the bottom and I prefer my bait to sit a few inches of the deck so tie my loop accordingly. Next I take my hook bait and thread it on to a micro ring swivel, I love using a swivel as it gives the bait so much more movement compared to a standard rig ring running on the loop. Once the bait is in place and the tags are blobbed down I attach the hook to the loop exactly like you would with a normal Multi-Rig, follow this with the hook bait and finish off by looping the braid back around, securing the bait to the rig.

Micro Ring Swivel for maximum movement.

All that is left now is to add a small length of shrink tube the eye of the hook. This makes the gape wider and flips the hook super fast allowing it to catch hold aggressively in the carps mouth.

Angled Shrink Tubing For Fast Hook Turning

Now all I do is add enough putty to the albright joint so that the bait sinks slowly. I don't like to over shot my pop-ups anyway but with this rig I found the more I balanced the bait out the better it kicked away from the lead system and sat fully extended. I feel that this gives me perfect presentation and also has a very good amount of the 'reset' factor. If the bait is picked up or wafted around I know the fluorocarbon will kick that balanced bait back out and be sitting pretty again.

My finished rig. 

All I do is add a diffusion anti-tangle sleeve to the rig and then tie it on to the swivel with a grinner knot or a loop and quick link and the rig is ready to rock. 

I have been using this on a variety of venues and caught a few fish topped with this mid-double big plated which was caught on a clear spot in between some weed beds on Monster Squid Purple pop up and a small spread of matching baits. 

Multi-Rig-Combi-Link Caught Big Plated Mirror

I wouldn't use this rig on a bottom that is weedy or silty as I feel presentation wouldn't be as good as it is on a clean bottom.

Thanks for reading and have fun. 

The Hobo.