Post date: Nov 1, 2014 6:34:08 PM
Dear Ed, What is meant by the term Rotten Bottom?
A Great question Martin.
This term describes tying your ledger to your snap link/swivel with a piece of low diameter line, so should the rig snag. You stick a good chance of retrieving more of your end tackle as the ledger breaks away! It's kind of a safety rig too!
However having shared a bivvy with Phil at Horseshoe Lake, to me a rotten bottom is something very different! It leaves a nasty taste in the back of you throat! Not be be experienced, you have been warned.