How To Tie A Chod Rig for Carp Fishing

hey everyone today we're gonna run through an easy way to tie and set up a chod rig so why would you want to fish with a chod rig the child is a unique presentation which allows you to fish a buoyant bait sliding up and down on your mainline this means that whatever your lead lands in your hook and bait is able to slide up the mainline and fall slowly landing on top of whatever weeds silt or debris they might be on the lake bed we like to use chod rigs when fishing single hook baits or when we don't want to make multiple casts to try and find gaps in the weed or firm the patches on the lake bed so let's look at the components that you'll need to tie the chod rig itself later on in the video we'll cover the actual leader and lead arrangement but for the moment let's just focus on the rig itself firstly you'll need some chod filament your chod hook of choice a six is a good size for 15 mil pop ups some tungsten putty to balance the buoyancy of the rig a chaud swivel some bait floss and a rig ring as far as tools go scissors and a lighter are essential the first step is to peel and cut off around 8 inches of mouth trap material now thread on your hook start tying and knotless knot where the material wraps around itself and the hook shank once you've wrapped around approximately seven times past the end back through the eye towards the point and pull it down tight now take a small rig ring and thread it onto the tag of your chod material with the ring in place now pass the tag end back through the eye of the hook you want to pull it down until you have a neat D shape with the ring sliding within it trim the end with your scissors and then take your lighter you now have to melt the material with the flame the burning material will shrink down towards the hook just before it touches tap the side of the lighter to create flat end to the material this blogged end will not pass back through the I as it's too thick take the other end of your rig and tie on a chaud swivel the best knot is a blood knot but as the chod filament is quite thick you'll only need to wrap round the line two or three times before passing the end back through the hole you created by the swivel wet the knot with saliva to avoid friction weakening the line and then pull it tight cut the tag end and block this with a lighter too now it's time to attach your bait this can be done by threading it onto some bait floss and blogging the end [Music] you can now begin to shape your chod rig a slight curve in the material can help the rib twist and catch hold in a fish's mouth this is not absolutely essential but many anglers us included believe it results in more fish getting hooked now your rig is almost finished but for the bait to be sucked into a fish's mouth easily and to ensure it for slowly settling on top of the weeds it's key to balance the weight of the rig and the pop up to create a slow sinking child the chod swivel has a barrel which you can wrap some tungsten putty around if you move the pasty around and warm it up in your fingers it becomes more malleable and we'll stick to the swivel better before setting in place the perfect amount of putty will make your pop-up sink really slowly like this your chod rig is now tied if this process seemed a little bit too complicated and you'd rather not mess around you can also pick up really tight rod rigs from your local tackle shop now that you've got your actual chod rig there's two different ways you can mount it on your line there's a naked chod system which is designed for fishing your chod just sliding straight on your mainline and there's also a lead core chod system which is designed for use with either let coir or lead free leader materials we're going to cover the mainline option first as it is the simplest take your mainline and slide the tungsten sleeve up onto it then fit a no tray speed on to it like this next slide your chod rig onto your line followed by a tungsten barrel next you'll need a heli sleeve this is not included in the naked chug system slide the sleeve down and then attach your net of choice we find it neater if you use some pliers to cut off the swivel from your lead then when you attach it to your line it's all touched down inside the sleeve so now your whole setup should look like this set the barrel apart from your lead the distance is up to you but all it really does is keep your rig away from the lead during the cast now set your no tray speed apart from the barrel this gives movement for the rig and allows it to slide up and away from weed or silty if you know the weed is only very close to the bottom and there's no need to set this feed very far up the line however if weeds are coming a long way up off the lakebed then it's safer to give the rig more space to slide up and away from the weeds fishing a naked chod rig is best on a heavy fluorocarbon or monofilament mainline it's also helpful to fish it with a relatively slack line to ensure the rig is not lifted off the bottom or pulled down into weeds by a tight line now let's move on to the lead cord chod system thread your barrel bead chod rig and chod sleeve onto a splicing needle slide these components onto your leader you'll find the sleeve needs to be wetted to slide along ledcor take a no trace bead and fit it onto the sleeve next thread on a heli sleeve these are not supplied in the lead cord system splice the leader on to the quick link this link will be used to attach your lead link on your chosen LED and you're nearly finished we like to set our barrel just a short way from the lead and then the no tray speed up the line further up in weedy conditions and closer to the edge when it's a little bit clearer and that's it a finished chod rig on a lead core or lead-free leader you've probably seen the no trace beef mentioned a few times and you might be wondering what that's all about well should you be unfortunate enough to crack off when casting into the lake or snap your line whilst reeling in a carp that no trace bead allows the swivel of your chod rig to slide up push it off and slide all the way off your line meaning that fish is not going to be trailing around your leader or your lead without a no-trade speed some people will use a split shot or a fixed bead to stop their child sliding up the line the problem with that is that should you snap up or crack off when casting if a fish picks it up it's gonna be trailing around and dragging around the leader and the lead at least with a no trace bead it slides off the line disconnects and the chod can come right off meaning that it is a safe rig before I go I'll briefly discuss feeding whilst using chod rigs the chart seems to work best when the fish are feeding between mouthfuls meaning when they pick up your hook bait they tighten up the line lift your main line or leader off the bottom and come into contact with the lead therefore hooking the fish it doesn't seem to work so well when you're fishing over a bed of particles or a tightly baited spot of pellet or groundbait or small bits and pieces the reason for that is they're grubbing around on the bottom and that child doesn't really allow the hook to come into contact with the weight very quickly meaning that the fish don't get hooked always we've often had twitchy little bites when fishing chod rigs over patches of bait where as we get more kela absolute screamers when fishing either a single hook bay or over a scattering of boilies so basically we would advise the use of a chod rig in conjunction with a spread of boilies to encourage those fish to feed pick up a bait move on to the next that tends to work best and ends up with more confident bites either that or use a chod rig as a tool to allow you to cast to showing fish if the legs quite weedy you're not really sure what you're going to be landing over you can whack a chod rig towards a showing fish slacking off the line and be confidently you're presented well the last thing to mention about chod rigs is it can be worth experimenting with the length in the spring will often fish quite long chod rigs with a brightly colored pop-up working a little bit like a mini zig however other times when the fish are potentially more weary or they're not really up for a feed you can scale right down and go really short and fish a subtle colored bait or even a little ball of maggots or something like that popped up with foam and fish the chard really short close to the bottom that can often work in your favor and get you a few more bites good luck with your fishing and we hope that the chod rig helps you get munched a few more fish this year [Music] you [Music] you

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Published: Sat Dec 14 2019