Originally Posted by
Micanopy
The new rods arrived a day early- Grizzly jigs was fast.
I noticed these are nothing like my heavy surf fishing rods. Very light very whippy and loooooooong. I added a reel to one and an earball sinker ( 2.1 ounce ) and the end bent right over. This means that I am going to have to drop down in sinker size- obviously.
Last night I added hardware to some of the egg sinkers I have, and now those will clip on and off for me, the same way as the ear balls do. Being able to switch sinkers by clipping on and off makes changing weights easy and fast. 1/2 - 3/4 and 1 ounce sinkers are now ready to test. I am thinking there will be an exact weight the rods will work best at.
I liked the way the earball sinkers trolled, and looking at the new sinkers they should match that. No tangles or wrap arounds. I added a small double swivel to the ends of the egg sinkers to allow for that.
From the rod there is a clip, the sinker attaches there, then the leaders clip onto the sinker’s extra swivel, jigs clip onto the other end of the leaders. Still learning with single jigs at this point. I like clips as they are fast to swap out and I can go from pushing out the front to pulling out the back in a few seconds. The jig follows the sinker’s path and the leaders are about 16 inches long.
It will be interesting to see what happens when I turn the speed up on these light weight rods and sinkers. I hope to start catching the fish that have been hitting and running on me. I also want to explore using sinkers for pulling jigs and crankbaits to limit the amount of line out.
I appreciate the words of encouragement- thank you very much.
