For rig making on the kayak I use either 20lb Amnesia or 20lb Berkeley Flourocarbon for both the rig body and snood. These are both excellent stuff and make wishbones and flappers far less likely to tangle. I have not tied any boomed rigs as I prefer swivels. Where I have used crimps to set hook/swivel position a stop knot or overhand knot will often suffice. I make great use of swivels and snap links but many different types of connector are available.
Some of these are standard boat rigs, some standard shore rigs. All are sea rigs and I use both styles from the kayak.
I haven't photographed any feather rigs as I don't have any dead chickens to hand and also tend to buy them as they are dirt cheap and get wrecked in one outing.
Hope these are of help:
Simple Running Leger link. The basis of many rigs:
Double Flatfish Rig:
Single Pulley Rig:
Double Pulley Rig:
Double Flapper Rig (can add more snoods if required):
Single Running Pennel:
Running Wishbone:
Twin Pulley Rig:
Flowing Low Rig:
Flowing High Rig:
Bomber Rig:
Flowing Wishbone Rig:
Up and Down Rig:
I'm bound to have missed some. Answers on a postcard please and I'll tie them, snap them and post them up.
Edited to add:
Boom Double Flapper Rig
Portland Rig
Helicopter Rig
Flounder Spoon Rig
The rigs would make more difference in clear water than they do up here in the muddy North Sea i'm sure. There are other reasons to choose one over the other though - some fish feed on the bottom, some further up. Some like a static bait, some like movement. Some rigs are easier to cast and some are only usable when gently let down from above. Also, for some fish and some situations the same rig may have a few different methods of putting together - a 2 hook paternoster for example may have a long flowing snood on the bottom to attract flatties with the extra movement down near the bottom while a shorter snood on the top hook may have a a different sized hook with different bait to catch Bream or something. Or perhaps a running leger pennel with a big cod bait down low with 3 hook paternoster above for whiting. I used to bottom fish with a big scarborough, 80lb line and 6 hooks on short-snood paternosters years ago; that was on a reef with fish from 2lb to 6lb as standard although the odd oversized bastard (usually with teeth) would come up attached to one of the hooks. It was kind of like baited feathers here I guess.
Personally I tend to use a running leger pennel rig most of all at this time of year for the cod, plus my favourite running wishbone rig. Down south I use a running leger pennel for the conger and baited feathers for the rest with good success. I favour Mustad Viking hooks from size 1 to 6/0 covering most of my needs. I build the zip slider into the rig so it hits the bead, stops and strikes. I have used it straight onto the main line quite often if fishing a longer snood and there doesn't seem to be any difference in success rates that i've noticed, however as I use braid it's more prone to wearing the line. I'm mainly using 4-6oz breakaway leads with occasional use of rolling leads if trying to seek fish out..
There is only one knot to be used in my world, the Centauri!!!
I learnt this one as a deckie on a charter boat in South Africa half a lifetime ago and have used nothing since - retaining almost all the line strength, it works with mono and braid, as well as paracord and thicker. Tied properly it's neat and small and very strong. It's a big fish knot that is good for small fish too - i've taken Bull sharks and Gobies on this. Try it, it rocks
