Hi All,
Am brand new to this new jigging craze, but am keen as to give it a wurl.
Plan to give it go on snaps to start with in Hauraki and Helena Bay areas, mainly in not too deep waters.
I have a near new Torium 20(used about 3 or 4 times) on a Backbone Elite 10-15 kg rod that i though might make an ok starter set.
Reel is spooled up with 30pd mono. From reading through this forum, obviously this mono needs to go?
Maybe top shot of braid? What sort/strength/qty?
Also, I know this is not an ideal rod to go with, as I bought this setup for snapper fishing at the barrier....
Maybe a not too expensive rod ($250-$300) would be a good investment???
Any help from you jigging people out there would be most appreciated, as I want to give to give this a go, but want to give myself best possible chances of catching fish this way.
Cheers

I'm new to this game myself, only starting this winter.
I've been using a TLD 15 with braid on an uglystik 10-15kg straylinging rod and a torium 16 with mono on an abu ultracast, neither really suited to the job but good enough to get me a few fish from.
I've just upgraded to the Terminator that ginga is talking about and can't wait to give it a thrash!

I'd better or I'm blaming YOU GUYS!    

Just checked the Jigs Direct website, and can only find pricing for a 250 size?
Is this the Terminator range?
Any other websites I can check out pricing/availability for these?

Domdomingo wrote: Just checked the Jigs Direct website, and can only find pricing for a 250 size? Is this the Terminator range? Any other websites I can check out pricing/availability for these?

Good deal

Cant disagree with the likes of Jimi and Chris - I was not saying the livefibre was up to Terminator/Powerspell Stds - just if the budget was not up to 400+ then this may be better than the Backbone? Just reading the 80lb from the rod, and it seem to be fine for kings up to 20kg, beyond that who knows. Also taking into account torium 20 which is at the lower end of the jigging drag pressure scale I guess. 1 X Kilwell livefibre rated to a huge 7kg (may break under pressure) free to a good home

Cheers Jimijig,
I appreciate any quality advise from guys who know there stuff, and by reading many of your previous posts, and ChrisW's, and Chopstix's, I can see i'm getting advise from the right people.
No need for nice, just good  f**kin' advise please
Don't want to waste my hard earned money on 2nd rate gear, only to be dissappointed when finally that great fish comes along

I spotted a couple of those jigwrex in a shop the other day.  Have you guys used these or the tcurves?  How do they rate against the jigging master terminator and powerspell?

jimijig wrote: Once again the topic of rods is bounced around,newbys to jigging should spend time and read alot of the early threads on rods,do you see a pattern? Take it from me and a couple of the other guys on this jigging site who spend alot of time on the water.......Spend the F###ing $ and buy the top shelf stuff,or go through life wondering why u spent so much on s##t that always didnt come up to the mark when it mattered. Im not here to be nice,im here to give advice,and i didnt get to be at the top of the heap by kicking tires and listnening to advice from people who have no idea. So when Chris ADVISES on a jm,take it,and its not because he sells the things,he uses them with some of the the best jiggers from asia and nz.