When fishing on hard spots with wafters, the D-rig is difficult to beat. The stiffness or the rig, combined with the aggressive hook angle just seems to give carp all sorts of problems when they inhale your bait leading to far more hook-ups! The rig can be a little tricky to tie, but once you master it this rig can be unbeatable in the right situations.
Follow this simple guide and you will be catching more carp than ever before!
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The D-rig is an excellent big fish rig!
Step-by-step guide to tying the IQ D rig
- Take a length of fluorocarbon (this rig is named after Korda's IQ fluoro) and a curved-shank hook. Loop the hooklink and tuck the tag end in the back of the eye to keep it out of the way.
- With your other hand, begin to wrap the loop around the hookshank and the trapped tag end.
- Keep wrapping the loop around the hook five or six times.
- Pull the knot tight by pulling the tag end (the one you tucked into the hook's eye).
- Trim the tag end of the knot closely and carefully 'blob' the end with a lighter to secure it.
- Take the line exiting from the top of the knot and thread on a bait swivel before taking the line through the eye from the back to the front.
- Tie a standard knotless knot to secure the hook in place.
- The D section can be shaped with a rig tool to create the desired shape.
