An asymmetric loop for the feeder

Fishing with the use of feed gear is gaining more popularity. Its high efficiency in comparison with traditional fishing devices allows catching even where it seems impossible. This is achieved by having a feeder located directly on the tackle, as well as thanks to a properly selected snap.

Feeder tackle

Feeder, like most other effective fishing gear, came to us from the UK. It was the English fishermen who came up with the idea to place the feeder next to the leash. Regardless of whether a clean bottom or overgrown seaweed, standing water in a pond or flowing, bait will always be near the bait.

Feeder gear consists of:

• Rods;
• Coils for fishing line (often inertial-free);
• Main line;
• Feeding troughs;
• Snap.

What is a feeder?

Feeder attachment (assembly) - this is part of the tackle, located at the end of the main line. It includes a timber structure for fastening the feeder, the feeder itself and a leash with a hook. Some assemblies can be additionally equipped with a weigher and means to prevent twisting of the tackle. The choice of the type of rigging depends on the fishing conditions, as well as on the fish that it is supposed to catch.

Kinds of feeder montage

Today there are about twenty different types of feeder rigs. Their number is gradually growing, as anglers constantly come up with new and new installations, improving tackle. All snap-in feeders are divided into three groups:

• Fixed (paternoster, "method", "helicopter");
• Loop (symmetrical and asymmetric loop);
• Sliding (rigging with anti-twister, "intime").

Each of the installations is applied for certain fishing conditions. The Paternoster, or, as it is also called, the Gardner's loop, and the symmetrical loop-the simplest and most versatile rigging, the anti-twister and the helicopter-are designed to protect the tackle from entanglement, the "method" works best on a complex day, and the asymmetric loop is considered the most sensitive Installation. It's about it that we'll talk.

Advantages of an asymmetric loop

Asymmetric loop in its qualities and efficiency is often compared with the paternoster. They are both effective, sensitive, reliable and easy to manufacture. But all the same, what is better - a paternoster or an asymmetrical loop? Here are a few advantages of the last snap. Mounting an asymmetric loop in comparison with Gardner's loop:

• More sensitive;
• Has excellent flight characteristics;
• Do not confuse the leash;
• Has a good self-clipping effect.

Feeder unbalance loop and its sensitivity

An asymmetrical (asymmetric) loop is an improved version of a symmetrical loop. The difference between them lies in the fact that the latter has equal (symmetric with respect to the horizontal axis) fields, and the first is made in such a way that one of the fields is significantly larger than the second.

What does this give? In a symmetrical loop, sensitivity is understated by distributing the jerky force to two branches (fields) at the attachment point of the leash. In addition, the trough, located on one of them, also suppresses vibrations. This often leads to the fact that the uncertain bite remains unnoticed.

An asymmetric loop for the feeder does not have such a drawback. The effort is transferred from the leash to a smaller field, located with it in one plane, and further to the main line. The feeder is located on a larger (sagging) field and does not affect the jerk force in any way.

Properties when casting

But the asymmetric loop differs not only in sensitivity. As you know, when casting the feeder flies in front of all the rest of the tackle. It is during this flight that the leash very often overcomes the main line, which leads to entanglement of the rigging still in the air.

In the case of an asymmetric loop this almost never happens. By increasing one of the fields, the feeder moves forward, pulling the leash. In addition, entanglement is also prevented by hardwood twisting between the loop and the leash.

Self-tacking effect

The asymmetrical hinge has one more advantage. Thanks to the same asymmetry of the fields, the leash turns out to be generally unloaded, which allows the fish to play with the bait without feeling the weight of the feeder. But when the bait is swallowed and the catch, feeling a dirty trick, will start looking for ways to get off the hook, the feeder will play the role of a self-undercutter.

Of course, the paternoster works better for self-clipping, but if it is a question of catching such cautious fish like bream or carp, who are used to trying the bait for a long time, the best option is asymmetric.

A few words before knitting an asymmetrical loop

And now let's figure out how to connect the asymmetric loop. Here, at once it is necessary to make a reservation that this equipment is more complicated than the paternoster, which is knit in a few seconds right on the spot of catching. With an asymmetrical loop, you have to tinker a bit, and do it better at home. Some anglers pre-harvest feeder rigs from fishing line of different types and thickness. Ready assemblies are placed in small plastic bags, folded into a fishing bag and wait for their hour. At any time, you will have the right equipment at your fingertips.

The asymmetric loop for the feeder is knitted exclusively from the line. No cord or braid will do that. The line should be not less than 0,15 mm and not thicker than 0,4 mm. Otherwise, the rigging will turn out to be too soft, which will lead to entanglement and hooks, or too stiff, which will cause loss of sensitivity.

We knit an asymmetric loop

We take a piece of fishing line about a meter long. Fold it in half so that one end is longer than another centimeter by 10-15, and tie the surgical junction at the beginning of the short end. You should get a large loop about 50 cm long in the folded form.

Sideways on one of its fields, retreating 10-15 cm from the top, forming a small loop, to which the leash will subsequently be fastened. Here you need to make twist, so before knitting it is necessary to bend the field in half and scroll the line in different directions. When the loop is twisted, the surgical knot fixes its base, and also the top, leaving 1.5-2 cm above. As a result, we should get a large loop with a small twisted loop on its side.

The feeder is attached with a carbine clip to a large loop from the side of a longer field. It must move freely between its base and the twist for the leash. A small leash will be attached to the small loop using the "loop in loop" method or on the swivel. When completing the installation process, do not forget to trim the excess ends of the line. They can cause tangle of tackle.

Where is the asymmetric loop used?

The asymmetric loop is great for fishing for any kind of peaceful fish:

• Carp;
• Bream;
• Crucian carp;
• Line;
• Roach and others.

This feeder equipment, which has a high sensitivity, can be used both on a clean day and in conditions of abundant vegetation. The asymmetric loop is used even on a strong current, provided a properly selected type of feeder. Proper installation and loading of the tackle allows you to cast a distance of up to 50 meters.

Features of catching on an asymmetric loop

When casting the feeder, along with the rig, falls into the water and falls to the bottom. After casting tackle you need to pull a little at yourself. The feeder will then go to the very edge of the loop and remain in this position.

The fish, attracted by the bait, will approach the bait, take it and try to step aside to protect itself. But it will go away just as much as the size of the main loop and the length of the leash. With their tension, caused by the weight of the feeder and the effort of the fish, the process of self-clipping begins. In the case of an asymmetric loop, this will necessarily affect the behavior of the quivertip (the tip of the rod). At this point, you can wait and do a little more. If everything was done correctly, starting from the rigging and ending with the cutting, the fish will necessarily be on the hook. It only remains to vyvazhit.