How To Tie The Combi-Multi Rig like Darrell Peck

The Combi Multi Rig is effective with any wafter or balanced bait, including a snowman presentation, and is favoured for its ability to prevent tangles and ensure efficient mechanics, due to its combination of a stiff boom and a supple braided section.

You will need:

25lb Boom

Slip-D Braid

Wide Gape X Hook

Micro Hook Ring Swivel

Medium Silicone Tubing

Mini Krimp Tool

Krimps (Small)

Scissors

Pulla Tool

Combi Multi Kicker (use medium for a size 6 hook)

How to tie Darrell Peck's Multi-Combi Rig

How to tie the Combi Multi Rig: Step-by-step guide.

The Combi Multi Rig is a highly effective set-up made famous by Darrell Peck. It is his go-to rig in most situations and has accounted for countless big carp. Follow this step-by-step guide to tie it exactly the same way that he does.

The Combi Multi Rig is tied by combining a stiff boom section with a supple hooklink, creating a rig that will reset well if it is picked up by a carp and ejected, whilst also minimising tangles. This version is a major improvement over the original combi rig, as it allows you to quickly and easily change the hook, without having to tie up a new rig from scratch. It is most effective when used with wafter or balanced hook baits.

Step 1

Fold loops into your Boom material and Slip-D Braid ready to tie an Albright knot

Take 8in. of Korda Slip-D Braid and fold it in half to form a loop. Then fold over the last few inches of some 25lb Korda Boom to form another loop, holding that securely in your fingers. Thread the loop of braid through this loop in the Boom, so that both loops are facing in the same direction, and then measure it so the gap between them is 2.5cm.

Step 2

Tie an Albright knot to form a braided loop attached to the end of the boom

Tie an Albright knot to join the braid to the Boom. Do this by wrapping the two tag end of the braided loop around both side of the Boom loop, starting nearest your fingers and working your way towards the end of the loop. Then pass both tag ends of braid through the loop in the Boom material – in much the same way as you would do with the eye of a hook when tying a knotless knot. Carefully tighten the knot by hand initially, then use a Korda Pulla Tool inserted into the braid loop to really pull and bed the knot down – if it doesn’t slip at all then it will hold under any pressure. The finished braided loop you are left with will be around 3.5cm (the optimal length for the braided loop section in the combi multi rig is 3.5cm, which has been determined through experimentation). A small piece of 0.7mm silicone over the joining knot looks neater.

Step 3

Crimp a ring swivel or Hybrid Lead Clip to the other end of the boom, and test your knot and crimping

Cut the Boom off of the spool, leaving enough so that you can crimp a 5in. long boom section. Pass the end of it through the barrel of a 0.6mm Krimp, then through a ring swivel or Hybrid Lead Clip or just form a small loop to use with a quick change swivel, and thread the tag end back through the other barrel of the Krimp. Take a Korda Krimp Tool and use it to firmly crush the Krimp until it is secure. Trim the tag end of Boom to leave 3-4mm protruding from the Krimp. Use two Pulla Tools – one in the braid loop and the other in the ring swivel or loop you have formed and give it a good pull, this will straighten the rig and also test your crimping, if it is going to slip, it will do under this pressure.

Step 4

Add a Combi Multi Kicker to the braided loop, line aligner style

Take a Combi Multi Kicker (a size that is suitable for your hook size) and use a Korda Braided Hair Needle to go through the side of the rubber, from the inside out, 5mm or so from the thinnest end of the Kicker. This will allow you to fish it line aligner style. Remove the needle. Take a Splicing Needle and push it up the inside of the Kicker, from the fat end and then go out through the hole you created in the side of it (rather than the other end of the Kicker). Thread the Kicker onto the braided loop at the end of your hook link.

Step 5

Attach your hook multi rig style, secured by a Kicker

Take your chosen hook (such as a size 6 Wide Gape X) and pass the end of the braid loop through the eye from front to back. The push the Kicker over the eye of the hook. Now pull the braided loop through the Kicker, until the piece of silicone on your joining knot is buffered up against it – this will give you a big enough loop to finish attaching your hook multi rig style.

Step 6

Add a micro ring swivel or Bait Screw so you can attach your hook bait

Choose either a micro ring swivel or a Bait Screw – these can be tied up in advance attached to your hookbaits (it works best with a balanced bait), via Bait Floss and blobbing the end with a lighter (a Floss Cap can also be used), so you can attach the whole thing to the rig in one quick and easy step. Thread the micro ring swivel onto the end of you loop, before passing the braid loop over the point of your hook, multi rig style.

Step 7

Position the hook bait in the optimal position for the rig mechanics to wrk, attach the finished rig to your lead system

Pull the hook link from the other end to adjust the positioning of the braided loop on your hook, so that the end of the loop is opposite the barb. The Kicker is tight enough (as long as you select the right size for your hook) that the loop can’t slip at all during casting. All you need you need to do now is attach your hook link to whatever lead system you are using (or if you’ve crimped on a Hybrid Lead Clip, simply tie that to the end of your main line or leader) - you can add an anti-tangle sleeve if using a QC clip. To change the hook, simply reverse steps 6 and 5, and then repeat them again with the new hook – you can change your hook very quickly.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT - How To Tie The Combi-Multi Rig like Darrell Peck

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To tie my version of the Combi Multi Rig,

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the first thing you need to do is take eight inches of the Slip D braid,

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cut that from the spool and fold it in half to create a loop,

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and then you pass that through a loop of the 25lb Boom,

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and I measure this against my Rig Safe

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so it's two and a half centimetres in length.

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I then take the two tag ends of the braided section

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and wrap them around both lengths of the fluorocarbon four times,

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keeping them as tight as I possibly can,

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and then take the tag ends and both of those to leave

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through the fluorocarbon loop in exactly the same direction

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as the loop is out the other side.

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Once you have that in position, I pull that as tight as I can,

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pulling with my hands,

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and then from there I take a Pulla Tool,

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place it into the braided loop

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and pull against the single main line length of the Boom material.

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The knot should pull tight

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and your finished loop should be exactly three and a half centimetres long

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and you've got a very small tolerance.

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I would say if you've made it four centimetres long, it's too long,

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but anywhere between three and a half

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and getting on for four centimetres, you should be just about right.

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From there, I take a 12mm piece of 0.7 silicone,

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I place that onto a splicing needle,

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hook the splicing needle onto the braided loop

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and pass this over the knot to keep the tag ends all neat and tidy.

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From there, I cut the 25lb Boom material from the spool.

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I then take a small 0.6 crimp

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and pass the 25lb boom through one of the barrels.

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I then go through the eye of the ring swivel on the Hybrid lead clip

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and then back through the opposite barrel of the small crimp.

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Now, before I crush this, again, I measure it against my Rig Safe.

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I take the knot of the combi knot to five inches

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and I slowly pull back until I have the ring swivel and the crimp at zero.

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So a five-inch boom I'm looking for.

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I then take the small crimp

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and place it in the large groove on the crimping pliers.

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Now, I think this is a key point worth mentioning

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because I really feel that the finished crimp is much better

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when the small crimp is crushed in the large groove on the pliers.

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And from there, once that is crushed into position,

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I just trim the tag, leaving a three or four mil tag.

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Now, that is your rig constructed.

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I give it a little straighten using a pulla tool,

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just holding onto the lead clip

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and passing the pulla tool through the braided loop.

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That just takes any sort of curves out of the boom section.

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Once the rig is tied and straightened,

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I then take one of the purpose-built kickers,

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specifically for this rig,

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I line align that using the yellow baiting needle

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just to make a sort of a pilot hole

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and then using my splicing needle,

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I go into the fatter end of the kicker,

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out through the pilot hole that I've made,

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grab hold of the braided loop section with my splicing needle

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and take that aligner/kicker onto the braided section.

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Then the hook is always threaded on with the braided loop

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through the front of the eye.

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You then place the kicker over the eye of the hook

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and sort of get that into position

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so it's all aligned and facing in the right direction.

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Pull on the braided loop

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until the kicker butts right up against the knot,

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or the combi knot, as it is.

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I take a pre-made hook bait,

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mount it on the micro ring swivel

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and slide this onto the loop

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and then I pass the braided loop over the hook point

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and pull the hook down into position

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until the bait is exactly opposite the barb.

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Now, to make these pre-mounted hook baits,

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all I do is take a three-inch piece of the bait floss,

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cut this from the spool,

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thread it through the eye of a medium micro ring swivel

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and fold it over.

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I then take my baiting needle,

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pass that through the wafter,

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grab hold of both ends of the bait floss,

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draw this through the bait

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and pull the swivel inside the bait

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until the eye of the swivel that is attached to the ring

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is just visible outside of the bait.

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From there, I trim any excess tag off,

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leaving about four to five mil

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and I take the lighter to the two remaining tag ends

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and I burn them down until they go into a sort of a blob

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and at the very last second when the blob is right against the edge of the bait,

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I squash this with the lighter to make a flat edge

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so that the floss cannot be drawn back through the bait.

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Now, I've described and shown you exactly how I tie

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my version of the Multi-Combi Rig

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and once mastered, it's a very, very easy and a very quick rig to tie.

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And to get the absolute most of them,

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I would peg these out in my Rig Safe, nice and taut,

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and that just ensures that your booms are absolutely arrow straight.

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And if you've got pre-made rigs in your box,

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in perfect tip-top order,

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you've got pre-sharpened hooks made

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and you've got baits mounted on your swivels ready to go,

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it is an extremely quick and efficient way to fish.

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