rigging your jig for snapper....
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Topic: rigging your jig for snapper....
Posted By: Lethal
Subject: rigging your jig for snapper....
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2007 at 8:25am
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how about the inns and outs for rigging your jig??? (on Nylon) one thing i like about snapper jigging is i dont use a trace the reason is a very light jig do's not have the weight to perform well if dragging anything other than the line around..... (i will get to braid after) the first thing i do is make a double, i like it about 1mt long...... 1/ is with a figure 8 this is quick and easy, bit not as strong as a Bimmini twist which takes a bit of getting used to....  2/ The Bimmini..... learn it and you will be a better fisherman for it...  3/ i tie the double to the jig with a Uni Knot using both strands of nylon and making sure they are both even when pulling it up tight.... |
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Posted By: sooshee
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2007 at 9:53am
Great stuff Lethal! That's got to be the best bimini instructions I've ever come across  .
If I didn't look at the animation, the words would be a bit dodgy though
  :- Spread legs
- Release pressure on right hand
- Work fingers down
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Posted By: nuclear chicken
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 3:03pm
| Ok so what's needed when using braid ?( I've always used mono with metal jigs ) |
Posted By: Benk
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 4:01pm
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More twists in the bimini. I normally do around 70. A little while ago when the 12 turn bimini article was doing the rounds, I tied a 70 turn in one end, and a 12 in the other, and the line broke at the 12 turn, every time. More the merrier  |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 5:11pm
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whats wrong with the spiders hitch? ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Benk
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 5:22pm
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Nothing 'wrong' with them. Had a few pop on me though. I guess if your fishing 20lb braid for 4lb snapps it wont make any difference, but the knots will come into thier own when fishing say 2lb braid for 6lb snapps, or 30lb braid for 30lb kings. For my money, having piece of mind when attached to a good fish and knowing everything is as good as it can be is well worth the additional minute of knot tying. Cheers Ben |
Posted By: sooshee
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 5:40pm
Hi nuke chook, I guess it will be quite similar to the rigging techniques for braid using soft baits. Would that be correct Lethal?
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nuclear chicken wrote:Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 6:18pm
I use it ..... I continually Fark up the Bimi twist so stick with what I know  |
Posted By: Benk
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2007 at 7:00pm
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The only thing I do differently to lethals demo, is put the loop of line around the handle of the reel, and wind the line tight so the rod has the tiniest bit of a bend in it, normally with the rod in the holder. Then you have both hands and legs and everything else free to do the wrapping on the way down, makes life simpler. I saw it on a video or DVD with (I think) jeff strang, and it was how he did it. The only problem is you can only tie biminis as long as the rod length. |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2007 at 10:58am
yep nothing wrong with the spiders hitch to make a double..... all these knots can also be used with Braid as well..... rigging with braid is the same as S/P so no problem there for those that S/P fish..... |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2007 at 11:17am
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one knot i like to tie the trace with is the three turn joiner, but with braid you need at least 7 turns........ last time i talked to Tiny he said he uses it to, but puts the line through the loop first, which ever way you use it the problem still arises with when you pull it up..... it must be pulled up slowly and none of the turns aloud to slip off the front.. 
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Posted By: Ski
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2007 at 10:15pm
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thats some wicked animation there lethal.got anymore of those? ------------- yamaha reliability senator stability shimano superiority the rest is up to the fish! |