rig storage = pipe insullation

[crappie wannabe]

Hey guys, thinking about trying the pipe insulation, to wrap pre rigged jigs on. Does anyone know if the plastics jigs will melt it.
Thanks

[Cray]

No it will not. Get some 1/2 in PVC and put 1/2 in insulation around it. I made mine 8 inches long and wrapped at each end with electrical tape. Put 5 rigs each on them.

[CrappiePappy]

Hey guys, thinking about trying the pipe insulation, to wrap pre rigged jigs on. Does anyone know if the plastics jigs will melt it.
Thanks

Don't know about pipe insulation ... but, check your "dollar stores" for Fun Noodles/Pool Noodles and get the biggest diameter ones. "Big Boss Pool Noodles" are 5' long & 3.5" in diameter ... so for a dollar, you get five rig wraps one foot long.
We also use them to wrap the upright bar on our pole holders, and sometimes even the top bar between the holders. Hooks, cranks, and even "pre-rigs" can be stuck on them ... and they also help cushion any body or rod contact with the T-bar.

A buddy of mine uses them to hold pre-rigged sinker/jig setups for spider rigging. He uses trolling sinkers (the ones with loop eyes on both ends) and ties the leader to one loop eye, then a jig on the leader. He splits the noodle lengthwise on one side, to the center hole, then binds it back together with plastic zip ties. He inserts the sinker into the split, then wraps the leader around the noodle & anchors it by sticking the jig hook into the noodle.

... cp

[jaxsprat]

A picture of how buddy does it with pre-rigged sinker is needed, my old brain is confused again.

[CrappiePappy]

A picture of how buddy does it with pre-rigged sinker is needed, my old brain is confused again.

Don't have any pics of his setup, but here's how it's rigged :

main line has a swivel/clip on the end > sinker is tied to leader line > jig is tied on other end of leader line

Sinker looks like these :



Noodle is cut into 1ft sections > then a slit is cut lengthwise but only halfway through > then the zip ties are put around the noodle to put tension in the slit ...... the sinker is pushed into that slit, then the leader is wrapped around the noodle until the jig hook is stuck into the noodle. He likes the thicker diameter noodles, so that the leader line isn't coiled as much as it would be on the thinner diameter noodles.

The only reason he cuts a slit in the noodle, is so he can push the sinker in it & anchor the rig to the noodle. His pre-rigged setups have the sinker tied to them, so if he breaks off a jig, then all he does is take the sinker loose from the main line swivel & clip on a whole new sinker/leader/jig. If there were no sinker on the pre-rigged leader ... then wrapping the leader around the noodle & sticking the jig hook into it, it might not stay wrapped. Some people that do not pre-rig with a sinker attached to the leader line, will cut a small slit into the noodle & start the wrapping of the leader line loop knot end in that slit ... then wrap the leader around the noodle and back into that slit until they reach the jig, then hook the jig into the noodle.

All the slits do is anchor the sinker or leader line ... so that the leader line doesn't get tangled up or come loose from the noodle.

You could use tape, rather than zip ties ... as all that is for is to push the slit back together with tension, so the sinker is held securely within the slit. It also keeps the sinker from dangling on the outside of the noodle & getting hung on stuff or pulling the leader wrap away from the noodle and tangling up with everything.

... cp

[jaxsprat]

OK thank you going to try similar for my walleye leaders will put loop end(no sinker) in a small slit.

[droptine]

I use the pvc pipe inside pipe insulation and it works really good for me never had any problems.

[oldgoat188]

I've seen where some guys use paint rollers also