Feeder Fishing Tips | Why you need to hair-rig worms - Adam Wakelin

Hair-rigging makes the worms sit better on the hook and stops them folding over the hook on the strike, so there are a few good reasons to do it, especially at this time of year.

I fish a hair rig with a bait stop and thread on the worms with a baiting needle - it’s dead easy to master if you practise.

What size worm to use is the next decision. One or two whole dendras are great for big bream but, as things are going cooler, I scale back to two halves or sections of worm.

Hair-rigging worms stops them folding over on the strike