NASH E-ZINE SPRING 2016
Stretching: TheTruth The most revolutionary hooklink material yet devised, Kevin Nash rates his stretching Triggalink as one of the biggest edges ever for wary carp. It’s the hooklink material that bites back!
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lasticity remains the one rig change that the hardest carp simply can’t deal with, and Triggalink is the ultimate way to introduce controlled stretching in a presentation. Using PVA fibres interwoven inside a braided link Triggalink can be knotted and whipped the same as any other hooklink, but once immersed in water the PVA fibres contract to create a rig with elastic like properties, stretching one third of its dry length. But amazingly, Triggalink once dried reverts back to its original non stretch state time and time again. In water it becomes ‘primed’ and contracts to become elasticated, when dried it behaves like any other braided link material. A product born of tackling some of the most rig aware carp in the country for many years, Triggalink is absolutely unique. ‘The idea came from my conviction that if you build elasticity into a set up it’s harder for a fish to rid itself of the hook,’ Kevin explains. ‘Riggy carp prick themselves and have many ways to get off the rig, one of the most common is lifting the lead off the bottom, swinging and bouncing it which pulls the hook out. When
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they try that trick with Triggalink the bungee effect actually pulls the hook in further.’ Kevin had found other solutions to create stretching links just weren’t practical: ‘I was messing around with pole elastic in my rigs but it was so fiddly and difficult to replicate specific lengths, and the length of the link is really critical to me, I want to tie 8.5 inches not settle for nine. The biggest point of the invention is when you tie up a Triggalink rig it’s non stretchy which makes rig construction repeatable and accurate. It only becomes stretchy when you want it to – in the water after you’ve cast out.’ The first time Kevin used Triggalink on the Copse Lake was for the filming of the In Pursuit DVD, the first DVD to feature two 50 lb UK carp captures. ‘I can still visualise that indicator twitching before I picked the rod up,’ Kevin says. The result was a 50 lb common! ‘I also used Triggalink last year on the Church Lake for the filming of The Guv’nor DVD. Add The Key and Triggalink together and the rest is history.’