Baiting Needle
These are very inexpensive and really handy to have, especially for tough boilies or halibut pellets. With most boilies, you can just push the baiting needle
through, others you can’t. These are just basically a drill bit with a handle. Chances are, if you buy a set of stringer needles, a drill will come in the set.
A baiting needle is used to thread the bait on to the hair rig as well as threading pva bags on to the hook link. It is an essential bit of kit and very cheaply available, make sure you have a few with you otherwise you’ll struggle to get the bait on the hair.
Baiting Drill
These are very inexpensive and really handy to have, especially for tough boilies or halibut pellets. With most boilies, you can just push the baiting needle through, others you can’t. These are just basically a drill bit with a handle. Chances are, if you buy a set of stringer needles, a drill will come in the set.
A baiting needle is used to thread the bait on to the hair rig as well as threading pva bags on to the hook link. It is an essential bit of kit and very cheaply available, make sure you have a few with you otherwise you’ll struggle to get the bait on the hair.
Last Updated on September 10, 2026 by Shane Stanford
Shane Stanford has fished for carp for over twenty years, in the UK and in France, and currently fishes a private syndicate water in West Sussex. He writes Fishing Again to put the things he learned the hard way into plain language: location and watercraft first, then bait, rigs and gear. He is straight about which kit he has actually fished and which he has assessed on specification, and says so on the page.
