The Hair-rig

Im now a rather happy bunny. Ive finally manage to do the hair rig. I had to substitute a boilie for a fox poly ball,but none the less I now can "tie" a hair. I had to resort to the drawings on here tho:http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/Rig-Section/Carp-Rigs/tie_hair_rig_knotless_knot.html
But from closely looking at Stotty's diagrams I see they're both the same.
Is there anything I can substitute the hair stop with?
Will be off great use sunday at Grafton.
Cheers.

anything that'll do the job nixon ...... it's just there to stop the loop on the hair pulling back through the bait . I've been using the plastic price tags from our lass's " bargain "purchases ( clothes and shoes ) , on the bank I've used a bit of straw or a short piece of bramble stem

Thats the answer I was hoping to get, so no need to splash out on fancy bits of plastic.
Cheers Stingray

Seans right Tim, anything will do, a stem of grass works well for me

Woodchucker wrote:Seans right Tim, anything will do, a stem of grass works well for me

another use for the stems if you don't wanna smoke them ...

For the record: Nixon does not condone the use of drugs, nor has he, or will he ever participate in the use and growing of any narcotics.

do you not sell it as well as not growing it then like ?

I have nothing to do with drugs or druggies. 99% of the people round here are junkies. the scum of the f***ing earth. thieving tracksuit clad 's.
So, no, I dont sell,grow,eat,inject,or do anything with drugs.

the misuse of drugs is bad

and when you say that 99 % of the people round here ....by round here i presume you mean England ? ......
this is horrid i'm thinking about drugs , please let's talk fishing

I did actually mean where I live, which is know as the drug capital of the north east.
But back to fishing yes...

yessssssss.
fecking druggies can,t abide them too .......

nixon wrote:
Is there anything I can substitute the hair stop with?
Will be off great use sunday at Grafton.
Cheers.

If you cut the shank of an old eyed hook and tie that to the hair it can be pushed into the boilie or soft pellet and keep it in place or you can tie bait bands to the hair and just pull them through so that just a little bit is showing. With the bait band being rubber it expands again when it's pulled through and doesn't need a stop! Another trick is to pull some bristles out of a stainless steel wire brush and tie one of them to your hair. This you push into the boilie just like the old hook shank!

Hope that helps!

Some great ideas floating about here, the price some shops are charging for pre-made rigs is ridiculous.
I bought a pack of hooks for £2.50, and already had the braid and swivels to do the rigs. and with a little help from some people's diagrams on here, Bish bash bosh, Ive saved a few bob.
And, now I can go and try for some carp,or other species. Diversification as Badger told me.

Don't listen to me I talk crap most of the time! Stick to what you know, give Todd a chance to win the hunt that's what I say!

Most of the time...

Well...... OK you got me! (t**t)