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Two-hook flapper
Snood length, crimping, hook sizing and bait choice, the common flapper rig errors.
If the snood is longer than the gap to the dropper above, the hook can wrap around the bodyline mid-cast and you'll reel in a tangle. Keep snoods to no more than two-thirds of the dropper spacing.
The stop-beads need to clamp firmly either side of each dropper swivel. If they slide, the swivel walks down the bodyline under load and the snoods bunch together. Use a crimping tool, not pliers, and pull-test before fishing.
Whiting and dabs have small mouths, a 4/0 hook here will see a lot of taps and very few connections. Match hook to target: size 2 for dabs, size 1 to 1/0 for whiting, 2/0 for codling.
The flapper is a finesse rig. Hanging a whole squid off each snood kills the cast and tangles everything. Save big baits for a single-hook rig and keep flapper baits compact, a single worm with a tip, not a whole shellfish stack.
Two hooks, two snoods, two chances of a snag. The moment you start losing tackle on every cast, switch to a pulley, losing one hook on a flapper means losing the lead too, which means losing the fish.