All you need to know about... ANGLER PROFILE
Martin Locke ........................... Age 49 ........................... Hometown
Dartford ........................... Occupation
Owner of Solar Tackle ........................... UK PB
54lb 12oz ........................... Favourite venue
Rainbow and Savay ........................... Rods
Free Spirit Hi S ........................... Reels
Daiwa Tournament 6000 ........................... Alarms
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The head honcho at Solar has always done well using his Kebab Rig abroad; you only have to look at the past world record he held, as well as the fact that he catches 50s for fun, so we had to get the inside information on his rig of choice from the man himself.
espite the name, this carefully engineered setup does not involve heading
down to the local Turkish fast-food establishment, however tempting that may be. There’s no chilli sauce, pitta bread, or strips of greasy, grey matter simply labelled ‘meat’. No, the Kebab Rig is, in fact, Solar Tackle boss Martin Locke’s favourite presentation. Having landed his 100th 50lb carp in October 2012, and as a former world carp record holder in 2010, with a colossal 94lb mirror, the results are difficult to ignore. As any angler knows, there’s far more to successful carp angling than the rig you use, but with Lockey’s incredible success, and his confidence in this rig, Crafty Carper thought it was time to find out why its creator thinks it’s so successful. We’ll let Martin take over from here.
The Thinking Behind It
The whole idea is to make a mouthful that’s easy for a carp to pick up, but one that becomes incredibly difficult for it to eject once inside its mouth. You’ll notice that the Kebab Rig uses a selection of baits on the Hair
RIGHT The world record, at 94lb, in January 2010, was just one of many fish to fall foul to Lockey’s Kebab Rig.
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