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If you're gonna use a minnow and a hook, (I call it a naked minnow) look at the Mr. Crappie troll tech slo-troller rig. It is made with camo mono and #2 hooks and have worked for me. I like the half oz. weight. Forget the wire stuff. Like the others said, tie your own jigs with a loop knot. Use a clear mono or floro leader. Just my .02.
Really appreciate the feedback folks! Gonna set up a couple rigs after work tomorrow, will post some pix and see what ya think.
Here is how I made mine, took 4' of 6lb flourocarbon leader and tied to barrel swivel with trilene knot with a 3" tag. Tied tag to hook/jig/gnat. ran long leader thru a 1/2oz or 3/4oz egg sinker 3 times to allow me to adjust to where I wanted it, started with sinker about 1' below barrel swivel. Then tied second hook/jig/gnat to other end about 18" below egg sinker and done. The Trilene knot kept the upper hook kinda raised in an upward fashion just a tad. I really like the gnats as it seems the minners can swim about a little better than a weighted jig. But I am by far no expert at spiderrigging, so this could easily be way off track from the norm and totally not work, but did for me in the limited amount I have spiderrigged.
How's this look? Trilene knot on top jig, loop knot on bottom. Bottom dropper is 21" from main line. Will connect to main line with snap-swivel.
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Looks like overkill to me:
main line - 1/2 oz barrel sinker - snap swivel - loop knot mylar jig...........
use of 3 way does not really help -have found in past that it can sometimes
cause additional problems
When starting out - would go with single jig set ups first - doubles can give
you more headaches than you want to start with....
Hooks sticking in nylon netting vs rubber is big pain.
Lines comming out of water fast if fish spits hook - both hooks running over rod
nice tangle - stress problem
Old adage - Kiss approach.
Need a diagram, having a hard time visualizing.
1st- left to right : single swivel to moon jig
swivel - wgt to single droper hook to jig
swivel - looper jig - to 18'' second looper jig
2nd pic is cut floatie to hold multi leader/jig compinations
That's the way I make my rigs, I use 20 lb test on the section with the weight so that it will never break and the droppers will break off first. It's a good setupQuote:
Originally Posted by Tundah
No matter how much I try, or how careful I can be, doubles up front just lead to trouble for me. Not saying I still don't run them from time to time, but have had my best days up front just pushing singles. I do like using them as a way of covering depth or adding weight if I want to drop down an additional foot or two on whatever set up I am currently running without changing anything else / preferred speed (long lining). In the end I think I'm just too lazy to bother and the singles are just alot more manageable to me (up front) when it comes to moving around from spot to spot. I keep telling myself...... well your running 8 poles out the back (couple of doubles), 6-8 out the front (mostly singles)....... and sometimes I can barely keep up as it is :) (fishing mostly alone I like the "push/pull" method on alot of trips). The fish will tell me if one or the other is effective.............. I go from there. But my first love is up front ................ when all the conditions are right. Good luck and beware............. its a blast!