08-15-09, 04:43 PM | #1 |
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Braid and deep water jigging
I'm thinking about trying braid line on a casting outfit for deep water jigging with 3/4oz jigs. I"ll be using a 7 foot MH Cabelas XML rod with a Garcia Revo SX loaded with 30 pound Power Pro. I'm not going to add a flourocarbon leader as I really don't see any advantage for it. In our lakes, I don't think line visability in water deeper than 10 foot is an issue. I could be wrong but for now I'm trying staight braid. The way I have it figured, the braided line will offer very good transmission of whats going on down there with the jig. Also, the very low stretch of braid will also offer a good hookset along with the 7 foot MH rod and the higher gear ratio of the Revo SX.
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i LOVE throwin braid on jigs for the exact reason you said it, great sensitivity
and dont worry bout clarity, i caught a 6lber on a jig with braid when you could see 10-12 feet (the clearest i have ever seen lake murray) you should love the braid, but i would go with 50 bc its about the same width and it will be a lot stronger
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Already have 30 pound on the reel aiken. But glad to see you've been happy with the braid.
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Keith, unless you're fishing a ton of sharp rocks, the 30lb braid will be plenty. if you are fishing in lots of rock, I'd personally use fluorocarbon since I don't like really high lb test braids (50-80).
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When using braid I like a flurocarbon leader - for more than just the invisibility. If you hang up - breaking 30# braid is difficult, and with heavy wire hooks being tough to straighten out, I much prefer that the leader break off. Braid is too expensive to keep cutting off and I hate leaving it in the water. I use 20# braid on my spinning reels and 30# on the bait casters with about 3' of 10# leader, does not affect the sensitivity at all. My jig and frog rods have #50 braid and 17# leader. I've had no problems with this set-up.
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For the lake conditions you described, no leader is really required. I generally don't use a leader when pitching into weeds or stained water.
Braid is a natural for jigging deep as the line sensitivity is a real plus.
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