A Day On The Dongle! South Wales Smoothhound Fishing With Dean Booker

Dean is back and has a rather interesting rig to tell us all about. We're sure many of you will have seen the dongle rig before, but here Dean goes in great detail explaining and demonstrating how it works during an early attempt on the smoothhounds.

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>>>>>>Here’s a list of the tackle you’ve seen Dean using in his videos! 😎🎣 Penn Fathom Casting Special reel- www.veals.co.uk/product/penn-fathom-ii-casting-special-fthii15sdcs/?youtube Century T900 rod- www.veals.co.uk/product/century-eliminator-t900-sgt/?youtube Varivas Yellow Sport Mainline- www.veals.co.uk/product/varivas-yellow-sport-1-2kg-spool/?youtube Varivas Shock/Rig Nylon- www.veals.co.uk/product/varivas-shock-rig-nylon/?youtube Asso Classic Shockleader- www.veals.co.uk/product/asso-classic-1kg-spool/?youtube Varivas Big Mouth Xtra Hooks- www.veals.co.uk/product/varivas-big-mouth-xtra-box/?youtube Varivas Catfish Hooks- www.veals.co.uk/product/varivas-catfish-hook/?youtube Varivas Full Circle Hooks- www.veals.co.uk/product/varivas-full-circle/?youtube Ian Golds Tripod- www.veals.co.uk/product/golds-7-super-match-db1/?youtube Seadra X3 Power Crane Swivels- www.veals.co.uk/product/seadra-super-strong-x3-crane-swivels-100-stainless-steel/?youtube Breakaway Imp Bait Clips- www.veals.co.uk/product/breakaway-imps-imp2/?youtube Tronixpro Seat Box- www.veals.co.uk/product/tronixpro-big-beach-seat-box/?youtube Dean also ties his own range of brilliant sea fishing rigs! Bookies Rigs- www.veals.co.uk/product-category/terminal-tackle/traces-and-ready-made-rigs/shore-rigs/bookies-rigs/?youtube Something else you’re looking for? Find it here! www.veals.co.uk?youtube

[@markandrew9215]

Another Great Video Dean. Best wishes to your wife for a speedy recovery.

[@davidosullivan6351]

Great to see Dean out 👍

[@waynehiggs7335]

Cracking vid, nice easy to follow description of the rig, and some fish to boot. Chin up Dean, hope your missus is soon feeling better and you’re right mate, family comes first. Wise words from a decent bloke 👍

[@gary-dn4uw]

Dean How far down do you put a notch from the point on that bq needle & just a few mm depth on the bq needle into it facing towards back

[@michaelcox294]

Met you once down swansea breakwater, speedy recovery to the wife, as allways family first. Your video's are great, full of info, and its reassuring to me that im not the only one catching dogs and nice to see someone else getting rammed up on the rough lol, Things that aren't allways filmed, so massive, keep up the vids. Thankyou.

[@geoffdavies2027]

Hi Dean I personally love the Dongle and I love the idea of the skewer. Thanks for the videos Could you please show your pin and foam and 2 split rings set up and how you do them up close in a video I'd be very grateful I do hope your Wife has a swift recovery and yes...family first always God bless 🙏

[@agjmitch77]

Nice one Dean. Nice to see you out again. No doubt I’ll see you there soon. ✌🏽

[@robanddawnjowett4918]

Nice to see your back doing what you love mate and as for the dongle I'm a big fan only used it a few seshions and also find I loose less gear due to 1 hook less to snag Best wishes to your Mrs for a speedy safe recovery 🙏

[@richiethespark]

Nice informative video Dean, thanks for sharing the tips. Hope your wife gets better soon fella.

[@stephensheppard8364]

Brilliant vid Dean hope you're wife gets better soon

[@adrianmcguire1930]

I will be trying that rig. Great video

[@seaangling]

Cracking tutorial and a rig I have plans to try this year.

[@andrewhaden7822]

Nice video very informative cheers

[@darrenwilliams8162]

Brill video fella and well shown idea looks brill hope your wife gets well soon 👍

[@billstone3629]

Great video, super stuff.

[@kf8575]

Am definitely going to start wrapping my crab baits this way, ie on a baiting needle put theough it sideways. Ive always done the cut 3/4 of the way through, weave the hook through and bind onto the hook method, which leaves juice and scent all over the hands. This way by the look of it keeps the guts and scent in the crab so all of it gets into the tide not just half👍👍👍 Going to give these rigs a go too, but tieing them the South African way, with a slack weaker line to the lead so can use some short fat bluey/mackerel and squid baits for bass in the spring and summer👌

[@kornrocksrj]

The Leys! Hope the wifey is better soon.

[@andyrobins288]

Great video Dean, Ive been using the dongle rig with circle hooks recently but have been missing hook ups. I think you answered my question why. Ive been fixing the circle hook using a grinner knot which must be hindering hook up. The loop obviously allows movement to assist the circle making contact. So back to the drawing board. Hope your wife has a speedy recovery.👍

[@kf8575]

Give them a go using curved point style hooks, Sakuma 470 Top Gun hooks. I found had quite a few bites without hookups with circle hooks before switching to them.

[@richardreynolds1030]

Nice one mate 👍

[@seafishing-jonesygonefishi9532]

Excellent

[@brucespanner6756]

This rig is popular in south Africa. You can see it on some you tube channels . Like asfn . It called dingal dangal there . I was thinking if you could use it here in uk . You proved it works here

[@gary-dn4uw]

Brill video 👏👏🐟👍

[@markevans4130]

Dongle is the way to go mate Been using it for a few months now So much better for fish welfare

[@andy2991]

Vealw mail order how soes a good quality mono line compare to a cheaper line would there be any difference in strength casting distance and abrasion and wouod they evan be any difference in bite detection to do with how it stretches or is there not mucth in it I do sea fishing and carnt decide between braid or mono seen alot off bad things about braid atm I'm leaning towards a high quality mono What would be the best mono line out there for sea fishing

[@davedelaney4290]

where can i get one of those ammo hoodies dean

[@haydenrichards5334]

Hi, what’s your opinion on the penn mag 4

[@kf8575]

Get a Fathom. 10x better reel

[@johnkay7354]

think you will find that rig is a pennall withoiut the bottom hook

[@VealsMailOrder2898]

It's similar, but the single circle hook can pivot on the perfection loop, whereas a pennel hook is fixed or semi-fixed and can not.

[@johnkay7354]

@@VealsMailOrder2898 oh so sorry mate i thought a pennell was a two hook single snood, after 40 years of making them im told they have to be fixed or semi fixed, i only started using a top hook because one day the lugworm were so big and rod bender bites were not catching fish, after putting the top hook on the snood, i had 4 cod on it from 5 bites, never ever used a single without the top hook since, nice vid by the way

[@manchapkarm3626]

I find it funny how i started using the dongle 15+ years ago showed a few people .........Nah it will not work over here yeah right oh.

[@stephensheppard8364]

Brilliant vid Dean hope your wife gets better soon