Over the years I've used many different rigs when targeting big chub, as far as I'm aware of most people would use a paternoster link ledger incorporating an arlsey bomb or a few swan shot, or a free running rig,
However for a number of years I just simply pinch 1 swan shot about 3 inches from the hook mainly using bread, even when using large lumps of flake it will float and pop up from the shot aswell as crust which is what I want
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At times I won't think twice about touch ledgering for such fish if I feel that there being finicky as I can give em an extra bit of line by pushing the rod forward at the slightest tremble on me line
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I believe in using Very simple no nonsense type of rigs and I've never really experienced any difference between using a swan shot link or the shot pinched on the line
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Many years ago there used to be confrontations between Peter stone an walker, Peter as far as I'm aware of pioneerd the use of Link ledgering but walker argued this as being inferior as most of the time fish would often feel and move the lead before any registration was ever detected on the rod tip
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Personally I favour 1-2 shot pinched directly on the mainline and also know of some other very good chub anglers who do the same with no problems
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Any particular thoughts on this subject, be interested to here any views as this isn't covered very often
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Stuart