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So you have got your pole, now you are going to need some sort of fishing pole rig to hang from the end of it!

There is an absolutely huge variety of pole floats available from which you can build your fishing pole rig.

You need to decide if you are going to make up your own fishing pole rig, or do you prefer the easy option, of buying a fishing pole rig already made up to use?

My own preferred method is to make up my own fishing pole rig. Although it can be time consuming, I can build each fishing pole rig exactly as I want it to be!

To build a fishing pole rig is really easy, you are going to need a few things as follows and you are in business.

The first thing you need to make up a fishing pole rig is a pole float, the type and size will be determined by where you intend to fish.

You will need a length of fishing line, the length of which will depend on the depth of water you are going to fish. Better to have this too long to start with, as it is easier to shorten this line than it is to have to lengthen it.

To attach the line to the pole float to make your fishing pole rig, you are going to need some silicon pole float rubbers, which need to be able to hold the pole float fairly tight on the fishing line. If it is not tight enough, it will give you grief, by slipping up or down the line and losing your set depth.

When I make up a fishing pole rig I like to use three silicon float rubbers to attach the pole float to the line . First off, three rubbers hold tighter than two rubbers, secondly if one rubber gets cut through, the two rubbers that are still there will get you by, until you have time to fix it at home.

Set one of the pole float silicon rubbers above the pole float body, with the other two silicon rubbers below the pole float body. One of these silicon rubbers below the pole float body, is positioned against the bottom of the pole float body. The second lower pole float rubber is positioned at the bottom of the pole float stem.

The silicon rubbers which are placed above and directly below the pole float body, are about 3mm long with the one attached to the bottom  of the pole float stem being about 12mm - 15mm long.

Using this configuration, along with the correct size of silicon pole float rubber, you will have a tight fitting non-sliding fishing pole rig!

Now all you have to do now is add the correct weight to the fishing pole rig, to balance and cock the pole float. To do this you can use either the round type of split shot, style leads or for deeper water use olivettes. You can set the pole float at home using a bucket of water, or you can wait until you are on the waters edge to do it.

What type of pole fishing are you going to be doing, so what fishing pole rig do you need?

Is it going to be canal fishing, were on most canals the pole is absolute king?

If this is the case your pole fishing rig will be of the small and lightweight type.

For rivers your fishing pole rig will need to be heavier, using something like the larger Drennon Trio pole floats, from 1grm up to 3grm, depending on depth and conditions. I prefer the Drennon Trio pole floats to the flat pole floats, even in partial flood conditions. I find that there is less unwanted drag on the strike with the Drennon Trio pole float, compared with the flat pole floats and they still hold nicely in the faster water.

For the carp puddles, the fishing pole rig you use can vary from a lightweight rig to a heavyweight rig, mostly depending on the strength of the wind and the 'water tow' (a current created by the push of the wind) the wind creates on any given day.

Whatever type of pole fishing you do, you will have better fishing days if your fishing pole rig is set correctly from the start!

Good luck with your fishing pole rig efforts

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