Great all rounder fishing rig

With fishing I've always been struggling with the idea on which rigs to use in what type of conditions and areas etc. Over time I've come up with many that have worked brilliantly and some that have just utterly failed.

There is one rig that I was shown by a mate a while back that for me works in about 90% of my fishing that I do, whether it be baitcasting, soaking a bait on the beach or anchored up in a boat.

What you will need to make these is the following:

40Lb nylon coated multi strand wire

60Lb mono leader

2 x 5/0 octopus hooks

1 x 50lb crane swival

1 x soft lumo bead

1 x barrel or bean sinker (weight to area being used)

First thing is cut a piece of wire around 40cm, grab a hook and snell the hook using the wire. Snell the second hook 6-7cm from the first depending on the size of baits you are going to use. 

When snelling the second one I find that offsetting the second one allows for better presentation of the baits and makes them easier to hook up.

About 10-15cm up from the second

Hook bend the wire and using a piece of the mono leader (around a meter at most) tie an Albright knot on the wire. This at first seems very difficult but once you have tried doing it a few times you start getting the hang of it.

Slide a lumo bead onto the line, this helps protect the Albright knot from the sinker continuously hitting it.

As for a sinker, when I'm using these off the beach I use a size 6 bean and for baitcasting ill use a small barrel. It really just depends on what application your going to use it and what the swell conditions are where your fishing.

Finally attach the swivel and your ready to go fishing.

These rigs are absolutely brilliant to use in most fishing conditions. I have landed many fish from tailor, mulloway, pink snapper and sharks just to name a few. I was always told that wire scares off most fish and you'll only get sharks. Yet fishing with these I've landed dozens of

Mulloway and my biggest snapper to date. What makes them good is that if you do run into a toothy critter you've got a way better chance of landing it.

Hope this helps you out and I'll see you out there fishing.

Tight lines

Reece