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Josh
Here's a rig passed on from my father-in-law many years ago and used very successfully by the extended family :
Incoming fishing line down to a swivel, round float on lower side of swivel, then about 20 - 30cm line leader tied down to an elastic loop (normal wide clothing elastic tied into about 50mm diameter - not a rubber band) and thence individually to about 3 or 4 very small hooks about 75-100mm below the elastic loop. Hint - tie the line to the extra hooks to the point where the incoming line arrives and not just the elastic loop itself.
On the small hooks, use a 'puff' of normal cotton wool and draw it across the hook a few times until you have a small bunch. No cotton wool available ? Use a bit of old white singlet on each hook.
To bait it, wrap the elastic band around a chunk of bread (day old is better than really fresh) watching that you don't hook yourself ! Extra note : if you a planning to use the whole loaf for mullet fishing, buy unsliced and cut it into slices about 30mm thick, then cut the slice into 4 to 6 pieces. Alternative - buy the "toasting" slices and cut the slice into 4 to 6 pieces. You need to have them large enough so that the bread extends outside of the elastic band so that it can "flake" apart in the water.
Before casting, dip the bait/bread in the water briefly to get it wet and you don't need a sinker.
Just watch the float and when it goes down, haul it in. It is quite likely that you will get multiple hookups once the mullet go on the boil around your rig. You will likely also get hit by bream if the mullet are scarce and you use it in good locations.
The chunk of bread will usually only last two to three casts but once the mullet are "on", you will most likely lose the rest of the bread in the elastic loop anyway.
This rig is great for kids as it requires no skill other than carefully wrapping the elastic band around a chunk of bread and being able to cast a line because the mullet catch themselves. ( And... no squishy worms for the girls to complain about ! )
The rig will have to be thrown away once the elastic stretches - typically once it has been wet for a while - but elastic is cheap - as are small hooks. Make up a few rigs at a time and just bin the old ones after use.
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and yell at the fish.
