Help with this Rig

Hey all,

I’ve purchased some advanced hand made rigs and am well impressed with them over the traditional shop brought pre tied rigs.

However, every time I’ve used them I’ve blanked (about 5 day sessions now of blanking when using them).

I’m trying to get down to the bottom of this in all honesty and see if the rigs need changing or if this is a simple skill/location/air pressure issue, any help is greatly appreciated.

Set-up:

– One of these rigs (around 4 inches fluero to braid multi rig/slip d)

– 18lb mainline

– Korda safe zone leaders or Korda tungsten tubing with the traditional lead system (using 2 oz leads mainly with 3 oz for the recent session)

Bait choices:

– I’ve tried pop ups (ensuring they sit perfectly in water before casting), maggot medusa rigs with a 16 mm Dumbell wafter, single wafters, bottom baits, snowman’s, etc.

What I’ve tried:

– Single hookbait

– PVA mesh hooked

– PVA stick going through the actual rig itself

Weather conditions of my sessions:

– Few days where the sun was beating down on the water, pressure was likely high, and in the evening the temp went to 2 degrees

– Sunny but windy weather

– mix of sunny and overcast

However, similar folk who aren’t using zigs or anything seem to still be catching in similar conditions. And most recently on a normal hair rig my missus pulled out 4 carp and I didn’t (though appreciate location may also be a part to play here? – also note, I set these up and casted them out for her during the night time catches, same exact methods I used on these)

Can anyone please help me get to the bottom of this, whether I should bin these rigs, or whether it’s me/the weather conditions/bait?

Pictures attached of me trying the tank test on the PVA stick, the snowman and the rigs themselves for reference.