Where are ya based bro, im guessing my old home town wgtn...I can send ya pics of my set up that we used at lake ferry and off lyall bay and evans bay to great success...The hose reel with at least 500- 1000m of 4mm rope as a backing works well as you can drag it with out ripping ya hands open..25 hooks on 75mm shark clips with 150lb trace and 7/0 recurves .I will send ya some pics at the weekend of my set up...Used it a cple of weekends ago with zambizi and got some good snaps..
CanadianJohn wrote: LWS i've made a half dozen now and can serious say you don't save much by making them. but you can customize them for your needs which is great. garden hose reel is too bulky for a kayak. and the backbone shouldn't need to be more then about 100m. make your droppers to suit the depth your fishing. nothing worse then dropping your longline into 10m of water when your droppers are 40 long. they drift all over the surface. |
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