Having the confidence to knock up the tangled rig in a couple of minutes is useful, especially so on commercial carp waters where you so often have to fish close to features to get a bite and hooking something monstrous which is going to tear through the reeds is pretty inevitable. The good news is that we are not talking fine, complicated shotting patterns with a string of No13 shot set 1.37 inches apart on these waters.
Carp fishing close to features with big baits demands a simple, aggressive approach with strong line and a very straightforward shotting pattern.
In fact, if you are fishing big baits like paste or meat, you only need a simple bulk of shot and no droppers at all. The biggest factor of all is balance - matching the line and the elastic to the peg and the species.
If you are fishing in open water you can afford to look for more bites by fishing quite light and having an elastic to suit.
If thereТs the odd decent carp about among mainly smaller fish, a No8 elastic to about 0.12mm (3lb) diameter rig line would be ideal in open water.
If, however, you need to fish close to snags and СdragТ big fish out with gritted teeth, we are talking a tight number 16 elastic and for that IТd use 0.16mm (5.5lb) diameter line.
Gareth Purnell, Improve Your Coarse Fishing

1.
Choose a float to suit the hook bait and the method. With bigger baits like corn, meat and worm you are going to need a float with a thick cane bristle. Make sure you have a winder into which the whole stem, and importantly, the whole body sits neatly.

2.
Line choice is next and it needs to match the elastic and target fish. On this water IТm actually fishing out in open water for small carp and tench up to about 1lb 8oz and IТm using a No7 Vespe elastic. This matches quite well with 0.12mm (3lb) diameter rig line.

3.
Line, float and elastic set-up chosen, simply tie an overhand loop in the end of your spool line and hook over the connector. IТm assuming you know the depth as youТre already fishing the peg, so just pay out line until it comes near to the end of the Сswing to handТ section.

4.
Thread the line through the floatТs eye, and then thread on the silicone tubing. You should always attach a float with three pieces of tubing, not two, in case one splits during the session.

5.
The depth here is about five feet and IТm using a 0.75gr float. For quick reference I carry around this card which tells me that a No6 shot weighs .1gr, so IТll need seven of those and a couple of smaller dropper shot.

6.
Try to line the splits in the shot up if you can, for neatness, and donТt bite the shot on too hard or you will damage the line and reduce its strength dramatically. On adding seven No6 shot I find the float is over-shotted. ItТs quite common for the stated weight not to be totally accurate.

7.
Off comes one No6 and on go No8 shot one by one until the float sits perfectly in the water. Now, and this is important, you must take one No8 off so the float sits a little too high. The reason is that when fishing, the weight of the line and the hook will pull the float down more.

8.
ItТs good practice now to slide all the shot up a few inches and bite off the piece of line at the bottom of the rig, so there is no damaged line on the rig caused by biting the shot on too hard.

9.
Tie an overhand loop in the end, closing it into a neat loop using a knot picker, slide the float up to the marked depth, attach the hooklength and get fishing!

10.
Finally, donТt forget to add the rig details onto the winder.