Getting ready for toothy Tenggiris

Going to Kuching soon for Tenggiri.

So I started tying some rigs to be used when fishing for Tenggiris.

Wire or no wire?
I guess in fishing, there is no hard and fast rule. You do what you need to entice the fish to take the bait. If the fish are hungry, they might not care about the wire. But if they are finicky and shy, invisible fluorocarbon leader might do the trick.

So I'm preparing both.

After reading some fishing articles on rigs for Tenggiri, I'm trying this one.

My  Tenggiri rig setup

Hooks - 2 pc Octopus type size 2/0

Wire - About 50cm of 30-50lb rated nylon coated wire

1inch rubber sleeve

Some old braid line

Slip the rubber sleeve through the eye of 1 hook and thread the wire through it.

Tie off the other hook at the end of the wire.

Take the old braid line and coil around the shank and the rubber sleeve of the top hook. Finish with a few half hitches.

The idea is to make the coils snug but not tight so that the hook can slide up and down the steel wire.

This way you can adjust the top hook according to the size of the bait you are using.

At the other end of the steel wire, slip in a copper crimping sleeve.

Make a loop and tie an Albright knot to your FC leader.

FC leader length around 1.5m

Finished Albright knot.

Cut off FC tag end.

Bring the copper crimping sleeve up near the knot of the wire tag end.

Crimp the sleeve down for extra protection against knot slipping.










I made about 10 of these rigs without tying the FC leader end. It's easier to store with just the wire rig. I can tie the FC leader part on the boat

For the non-steel wire version, I'm choosing to use ganged hooks which I got from Australia. Just going to tie the FC leader straight to the hook.












Ok all set! Let see how these rigs work out over in Kuching!