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The author’s preferred Platypus leaders for his rigs. A selection of the author’s rigs marked, bagged and ready for action.
Tailor time: new and old tailor rigs
* from P15
of 90cm-1m from your gang hooks to the swivel.
big tailor at night is to replace the three ganged 4/0 hooks with two ganged 6/0 Tru-Turn hooks joined with a swivel.
strong new monofilament Hard Ar- mour Tough Leader from Platypus.
If you are using an Alvey sidecast, you will need a second swivel and might need to shorten your bot- tom trace to about 70cm and then run the sinker between a 25-30cm trace. Alternatively, you can run a star sinker on a slide down to your swivel. A star sinker can also help to hold your rig in place better in swell. Big tailor rig
On this rig I will run a fillet of bonito cut in half or half a good size fresh tailor fillet.
This stuff is incredibly abrasion resistant and a good option for night fishing for these predators. Multiple dropper rig
A slight variant on this rig to chase
It also pays to place a luminescent bead just above the hooks and light it up as a fish attractant. When night fishing for bigger fish, I use slightly heavier trace of 50lb but in the very
One is the heavy star sinker will hold you in sideways sweep. The other is having a couple of artifi- cial baits on 15cm droppers such as a 3/0 surf popper or single 3/0 hook with a fly as well as a ganged pilchard on another dropper really increases your odds.
You need the bigger hooks for the bigger, thicker bait.
Another rig definitely worth ex- perimenting with away from the maze of picket lines is a paternoster rig with two or three droppers. This rig has a couple of advantages.
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The poppers and fly are an attract- ant, waving above the bottom and enticing tailor to the lures or your pillie. I use heavier 50-60lb line for this trace.
Place the droppers 20-30cm apart (depending if you use two or three) and 15-20cm from the sinker and swivel. This can also lead to you catching two or three fish on the one trace. Great fun!
I hope this article and the attached video have you fired up to make some tailor rigs and try something new this tailor season.
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