The "blowman" rig

This rig is based on a snowman variation I was shown by my friend Joe Drury of Anglers Paradise and CMCR. It's a balanced rig with lots of movement and anti-eject properties, hence why I have named it the "blowman".

You will need:

What you need to make the rig

• Size 6 hook (I use a fox SSC)
• Hook link braid (I use ESP camo sink link)
• Micro rig swivel
• Micro rig ring
• Bait floss (light mono will do)
• Braid scissors
• Rig puller
• Baiting needle
• Lighter
• 18mm boilie and 15mm pop-up (I use CCMoore live system)

Making the rig:

1. Cut off a length of hook link braid about 6" longer than you want the rig to be, to give yourself enough material to work with.
2. Using a 1 turn blood knot, tie the micro rig ring to one end of the braid, and trim the tag end with the scissors.
3. Pass the ring over the point of the hook, being careful not to pierce the braid on the hook.
   
4. Thread the micro rig swivel onto the braid, and then pass the braid through the eye of the hook (from back to front).
   
5. With the rig ring placed roughly level with where the barb would be, begin to tie a knotless knot, with 3 turns around both hook and braid to start, then a further 3 or 4 turns around just the hook to finish.
   
6. Tie a figure of 8 loop knot in the end of the braid and trim the tag end.
7. Cut off about 6 inches of bait floss, and pass through the micro rig swivel to about half way.
8. Thread the pop-up followed by the boilie onto a baiting needle, and then thread them onto the bait floss by doubling over the tag ends and hooking the created loop with the baiting needle. 
9. Push the boilie over the body of the micro rig swivel so only the eye is left showing, and snug the pop-up to the boilie.
10. Trim the tag ends of the bait floss 5-10mm from the pop-up, and then blob them with the lighter to hold the baits in place.
    

Fine tuning the rig:

How the rig should sit when finished

1. Test the finished rig in the margins or a bowl of water.
2. If the rig doesn't sink to the bottom, trim small pieces from the pop-up until it does.
3. If the rig sinks like a brick, trim small pieces from the boilie until it gently sinks to the bottom.
4. When balanced, the hook should lie flat on the bottom, with the bait just resting on the eye of the micro rig swivel.

The swivel allows the baits to rotate without turning the hook, and the D style loop combined with the rig ring allow the baits to move freely up and down the shank of the hook as well as closer and further from the hook. All this movement "separates" the bait from the hook, so in the event of a fish trying to eject the rig, the baits are free to move while the hook finds a hold in the fishes mouth.