Thoughts about light lure casting

It’s cold outside , time to tie jigs and think about fishing .

I primarily fish with what I call micro jigs .
I used to be primarily an ultralight spinning nut and a warm water fly fishing fanatic.
But because of the wear and tear of flycasting , I’ve gravitated toward mostly ultralight spinning .
I’ve always wanted to duplicate my experience with fly tying and flyfishing into UL spinning .
Casting tiny baits using UL spinning rods was a big challenge until I discovered 2# line and tungsten beads for fly tying.

Of course , most of time , being a bank fisherman 95% or more of the time , the longer the cast , the greater amount of water can be covered.

Even with tungsten, I’m limited to the bead size in order to keep my baits proportional.
A 4.6mm is about max and that will give me a jig that just under a 1/32oz , just around .88g.

Some of you may remember my driveway casting experiments .
I found that with action and power of a rod was a factor , but also the size of the first couple of guides . Bigger diameter guides would , especially the first two would allow the coils of line to feed quicker through the rest of the guides . Sort of funnel the line into the other guides .
I had thought a larger spool reel , with larger stripper guides would be the optimal combination.
But , I got to thinking , what if I used a smaller , 500 size reel with the larger stripper guides?
In my experiments I did notice reel size with the newer micro guides didn’t make a big difference in distance.
Smaller coils should enter the larger stripper guides easier and would funnel through the other guides faster than the larger coils coming off , say a 2000 size spool .
I’m switching some of my reels back over to 2# and 3# Floroclear for some cold water float fishing and will be using a 500 size reel , with a 6’6” or 7’ UL rod with large stripper guides with the hope of fishing a little more area .
I’m making the switch back to Floroclear because of the wind blowing a huge loop in the braid I’ve been using, robbing me of distance and making me have to “mend” the wind drift out of my line .
I hope some of you find my ramblings on this subject useful .

Good thoughts on spool and guide size. I have some rods that have a stripper guide that’s dime size. One would think that it wouldn’t perform but the opposite is the case. The braid I use does well on those rods. Now when mono enters the foray it’s different. Larger stripper guides are the rule and the suppleness of the line enters the picture too. The Varivas lines are doing better than my favored Stren crappie hi vis I like so much. I’ve also found that leaving almost a couple of feet of line from the tip and using the sling effect to get more distance works best whether braid or mono. Once practiced, accuracy is still good,unlike my results with this when I bass fished with BC reels. Another note before I close is on guide construction. Stainless guides and insert ring guides are so close in distance that I wouldn’t turn away from stainless on the right rod. The insert ring guides are frequently heavier and a very light blank changes with the excess weight. I’m also not including super light guides like Torzite inserts from lack of experience. I don’t pay the money for a set of guides that cost more than the blank. I’ll go to work and stop rambling and I hope it warms some and y’all get a chance to get out today.

"A 4.6mm is about max and that will give me a jig that just under a 1/32oz , just around .88g."

You can add a bit of lead wrap size 020 or 030 to your ties and get a bit over 1/32oz with a 4.6mm bead. Jmo.

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