How To Tie The Blowback DF Rig
The Blowback Rig has to be one of the longest standing and most effective rigs for presenting bottom or balance bottom baits. Relatively simple to tie, with very few components. Follow the steps Spooner takes to tie up this extremely effective rig. big bunch of Maggots, with the use of one of our handy Maggot Klips.
Step 1
Cut a 14-inch length of Hybrid Stiff of of the spool
Step 2
Strip 6-inches of the coating using a Strippa Tool
Step 3
Take yourself a size 6 Wide Gape Hook
Don't forget you can always use smaller sizes if using smaller hookbaits, or bigger if using bigger.
Step 4
Take your Hybrid Stiff and Wide Gape and form a simple Knotless Knot
Step 5
Now cut a 1cm length of Medium Shrink tube and place over the hooks eye
Step 6
Boil a kettle and carefully place the rig in boiling water to shrink the tubing
Step 7
Pass a Small Rig Ring over the point and tie a simple overhand knot to secure it in place.
The ring needs to be level with the barb of the hook.
Step 8
Now take a 0.6mm Krimp, threading the hooklink through both barrels
Leave a small loop so the hooklink can be ‘quick-changed'.
Step 9
Grab your Krimp Tool, apply pressure, securing Krimp in place
Make sure the Krimp is in the allotted slot of the Krimp Tool
Step 11
Trim off excess tag end
Step 12
Tie a simple over-hand loop knot, creating the hair
Adjust this to size of bait being used.
Step 13
Carefully steam the rig straight using Pulla Tools
Step 14
Grab a Bottom Bait and trim of a slither of the top off
Step 15
Do the same with a small Pop-Up
12mm is the ideal size!
Step 16
Mount your hookbaits onto the hair, securing in place with a Bait Stop. You're ready to go!
