Reply With QuoteI use and like the Caps and Colman rig although I tie my own rigs. You can do a search using the advanced search tool at the top of this page and get information and see diagrams. Hope this helps
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Help with spider rig.
I'm new to spider rigging and had a couple questions about the rigs. I've noticed that when fishing a double jig (or hook) rig, most guys put the weight (usually an egg sinker) fixed BETWEEN the 2 baits. I was wondering what might be the advantage of putting the weight there and not above the baits, or even below? And also, wouldn't you want the line to slide through the sinker and not have it fixed in place? Wouldn't that keep the fish from feeling the weight a little better? Or am I all mixed up on this rig? Does anyone have an opinion?
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I use and like the Caps and Colman rig although I tie my own rigs. You can do a search using the advanced search tool at the top of this page and get information and see diagrams. Hope this helps
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Here on Kentucky lake, they have commercially tied and sold minnow rigs for as long as I can remember, 40 years for sure. They have always been available both ways. I like them with the weight on bottom spider rigging, when fish are hugging the bottom of the lake. I just let it fall to the bottom and reel up a half round.
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I tie my own C&C rigs with weight in middle. I tie a swivel at top not a 3 way, I pull about a foot of line through and tie a clinch knot, not the improve clinch, then cut off tag to about 6-8 inches and tie in a #1 duo lock snap. Then I measure off 20 inches of line from the swivel for main line, cut it off slide on egg sinker then a small bead then a #8 swivel then tie a 8-10 in dropper with another #1 Duo Lock snap. 2 things I believe the weight sliding does keep them from feeling the weight when they hit up on bottom hook. And I use snaps because I can change out baits with out having to stop remove rig wind up then unwind new rig and hook up just to change a bait. And the fish don't seem to mind at all.
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I agree with Cray.
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That sounds like my kinda rig Cray. I also use snaps on everything - jigs, hooks, crankbaits, etc . I figure they give the same swinging effect as a loop knot and they sure make changing baits easy. Thanks for the advice guys! I still wonder why pros like Capps and Coleman go with a fixed weight? Maybe for less knots in the rig? Or maybe the fish just don't mind it?
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What a Cray does is about the same as me except on the bottom instead of snapping directly to the jig or hook I have some jigs and hooks on mono leaders with loop knots to slip on the snaps
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are there any photos of these rig on the site?Originally Posted by cray
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(borrowed from a 2012 article by "Special K" )
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Now, the original Capps/Coleman double rig was more like this :
The principle is the same, but the barrel sinker just has the line looped through it enough times to hold it on there ... whereas the "improved" version adds a swivel on the line to hold the barrel sinker in place.
... cp
