Help with scratching rigs

[ckpainters]

What do you use is it 3 hook flappers or what ?????????
What hook size and snood line , lenght , weight ie rolling or griped.

Please help

Colin

[Mr_Green]

i use three hooks flappers with size 2 hooks,normal lenght snoods, i use no grips so it rolls in the surf...but i do change tactics 2 each venue...scractched last night for whiting and flounder and hey presto

[BigPhil]

asim sure you have already guessed, its just a matter of altering hooks , snoods, rig bodys, length, weights etc to suit conditions and target species. bait presentation is ever bit as important when scratching too.

[Estuary Lad]

I would rate bait higher than rigs when scratching. Its fine if you have 30lb main body 10lb fluo carbon snoods, size four hooks, but if you have the wrong, or bad quality bait you will catch nothing(or very little).

As for rigs just experiment using lighter snoods, mainbodies, smaller swivels and hooks, different shape leads and see what catchs for you.

[pete]

Estuary Lad has it bang on....aint no point of dropping hook, snood strength or mainbody if your just going to put boiled mussel on your hook

[m.b3]

Colin try bloody everything when scratchin! usually hooks are size 4. different lenght snoods, different lead types, etc. until something starts workin for you. there is no 1 rig that will do it all all the time.

[Estuary Lad]

Heres a thread from a while back if you want to take a look

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... scratching

[beachcaster]

as mark says try everything mate ,combinations of bait ,different rigs and snood length and most of all very light snoods maybe down to 6/8lb.with 30lb .rig body all from flouro carbon and small hooks down to size 4/6 depending on size of fish at the time.these rigs are for fishing close in and NOT FOR POWER CASTING.cheers john