spring fever
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Quite a few shimano trevalas in various weight and styles. Very impressive
SF, do you remember how much the Trevalas were. The 4 that I have tell me they want some new friendsQuite a few shimano trevalas in various weight and styles. Very impressive
I've been looking at a few online, but they're $$$. Do you know of anywhere on the island that currently sells slow pitch rods?Trevalas are nice (I have two), but the true slow pitch rods are game changing. They seem to work the jig in a more seductive manner. Can’t say why, but the results speak for themselves.
i’ve managed to do ok with that reel i bought off you and my trevala. i still can’t believe you caught tyee class fiah on that little rod. looked like something you’d use ice fishing. can’t wait till i can target salmon. the metered line is super coolThese ones are true slow pitch-complete with the modified buts. range in price from 174 to 299. I slow pitch jig and I have 5 from various makers including shimano grapplers and quite a few chinese-ones including a GOOfish These are worth a look
The little rod has amazing back bone-had a great fight 2 days ago with 2 x 15 lb class fish at the hump. Caught them one right after another so I left cause it was pretty obvious I would only get salmon. Fun but I'm scared of injuring one on the releasei’ve managed to do ok with that reel i bought off you and my trevala. i still can’t believe you caught tyee class fiah on that little rod. looked like something you’d use ice fishing. can’t wait till i can target salmon. the metered line is super cool
Pacific Net and Twine should have a few options. They do at their Stevenson store. They have way more in store than they show on their website.I've been looking at a few online, but they're $$$. Do you know of anywhere on the island that currently sells slow pitch rods?
If you buy from china you can get a pretty decent rod for 120 or less-Takes about 6 weeks-less if you want to pay more postage. Never had a breakage or failure to deliverPacific Net and Twine should have a few options. They do at their Stevenson store. They have way more in store than they show on their website.
Which rods are you referring to? Did you mean to attach a picture?These ones are true slow pitch-complete with the modified buts. range in price from 174 to 299. I slow pitch jig and I have 5 from various makers including shimano grapplers and quite a few chinese-ones including a GOOfish These are worth a look
i also have depth hunter line and i keep getting confused ! it’s 25 foot increments but within that are these silly little five foot markers which keep throwing me off hahaI like the Shimano Tekota 300HGLC. Beautifull little reel for salmon jigging and has the line counter. I really like the line counter over the coloured depth finder braid. You need to be Einstein to keep track of the depth using the depth line, lol. Once you use the line counter on the reel it's hard to go back.
I use it with the Fenwick HMX med/heavy 9' rod.Shimano Tekota 300 Line Counter Reel - TEK300HGLCA |Steveston Marine Canada
Tekota’s legacy continues with the new low-profile, 300-size (double paddle handle) and 400-size (power handle) trolling reels. The line-counter case is integrated into the B-side plate with a focus on ergonomics, making - Shimano Tekota 300 Line Counterwww.stevestonmarine.com
Mike...what you're saying makes sense but it's easy to lose track of where you are depth wise if one has a senior moment, lol. Most times it doesn't matter as we're fishing relatively shallow water and send the jig to the bottom and back up again.Salty is totally correct-you don't need to remember colors at all-If the bait is at 100 to 150 and the bottom is 200 Drop to the bottom-speed jig up 4 colours let fall 2 colours -repeat then go to the bottom and repeat. 9 times out of ten the salmon take on the drop. rockfish seem to hit on the pause and ling on the upward climb. Just my observation-kind of a rule of thumb for me. Once you start noticing this stuff- the jigging becomes easier and you can almost see what is happening. You should also know how far up your lure moves for each turn of the reel-Most of my reels move 4 feet for a turn-so 40 feet is easy. I'm sure other jiggers have good rules of thumb which work. Share if you have some!! Another good one to remember for jig weights-30gms to the oz. Another good one use a gm a foot for the weight of jig required for depth of water.-perhaps a little heavy but a good start