All You Need To Know... Martin Locke
TIE MARTIN LOCKE’S KEBAB RIG
It’s not fiddly to tie, uses just four components, and has been used to land a world record carp – need any more reasons to give it a try?
1 First of all, tie a loop in your chosen hooklink, ready to create the Multi-Rig.
5 Thread it through the swivel and tie it to make a large loop.
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Thread it through the eye of the hook and then through the ring swivel, like so.
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Now take the loop over the hookpoint like this, and pull it tight.
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Time to start attaching your chosen hookbaits now – biggest always last.
Leave a 4-5mm gap between each one and secure in place with a Hair stop.
4 Take some Samson Hair braid and cut the length required for your Kebab.
8 There you have it – the Kebab Rig in all its glory. Now get catching!
LEFT The monumental number 100
(different sizes and shapes), which
when it comes to 50lb fish for Martin.
means you are using more than one type of hookbait. Most of us bait up with a mixture of particles, boilies and
mouth, because it is flexible. Without
pellets, either throwing the concoction
these gaps the three hookbaits
over the side of a boat or spodding it
become one large object, which is
out. The fish in the swim will therefore
easier to deal with. The rig mechanics
be feeding on a variety of baits at
are helped further by placing the
once, so to me it makes sense to use
largest bait at the end of the Hair.
a mixture of baits on the Hair as well.
As a fish tries to eject the bait, the
Not only does it look more natural
entire Hair has to pivot through 180
over the baited area, it also adds an
degrees to leave the mouth, as it
element of confusion when a fish
will always travel biggest bait first.
picks it up, as well as confidence as
When this happens, the bait often
they feed around and on it. Better still,
comes into contact with the roof
with three different baits on one Hair,
of the mouth, which has the effect
you’re not putting all your eggs in one
of pushing the hook down towards
basket regarding hookbait choice. The
the bottom of the mouth and the
original thinking behind the Kebab
bottom lip. Out at Rainbow, and when
Rig came as a follow-on from Albert
using bigger baits, I use Samson Hair
Romp’s original Greedy Pig Rig from
Braid, but when fining down the rig
Savay many years ago. Everyone was using stringers at the time, and once a rod was reeled in there would be three or four baits in a line, which were as safe as houses for the carp
“With three different baits on one Hair you’re not putting all your eggs in one basket regarding hookbait choice”
for doubles and 20s, I use a 25mm Spiker Hairpin. The stiff pin means that the necklace effect is lost, but when the rig is scaled down and I’m using small, light baits, I don’t think it
to eat, and they soon cottoned on to
matters as much. The most important
it. So Albert started mimicking that
aspect is the way it’s set up.
with his hookbaits, and the rest is history. The theory is similar with
The Setup
this rig, in that it mimics what the
The Multi-Rig is my favourite setup for
carp are feeding on confidently.
the Kebab Rig. It allows the hook to be changed quickly and easily without
The Mechanics
needing to tie another hooklink, but
A long Hair, which this rig has, is easy
vitally, it allows the Hair to exit the
for a carp to suck in, but extremely
rig by the eye of the hook. Unlike
difficult to eject because the anti-
most, I pull the loop on the Multi-Rig
ejection is exaggerated further with
tight (usually used to create a D-Rig
the necklace effect. By leaving a gap
presentation), trapping the swivel
of 4mm to 5mm between each bait,
to which the Hair is attached tight
the hookbait becomes exceptionally
to the back of the eye. This creates
difficult to deal with once in the carp’s
an aggressive angle between the baits and the hook, which provides
RIGHT Martin uses Spiker Hairpins for smaller baits when targeting fish at home.
maximum hookability. It ensures that as the
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