Drop slide rig

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Ojos_raros

nice looking rig.

ive used a similiar set up using one of those sliding plastic tubes guys up north use.

i think i like yours better. your using 10 lb in case the weight gets caught, itll easily break off ... but why are you using flouro??

and does that plastic tube slide up and down? if it is, you can slide on one of those carolina stoppers to keep it from sliding.

great pic by the way; send that one into WON!

You don't stop the slide from sliding down, you want the slide all the way down against the hook, as it is then less visible to the fish.

In a normal dropper the double line tag end (especially if your using forty or fifty pound test) is not flexible like a leader but instead rather stiff. The only advantage too making a longer tag or loop loop say 2 inches is to allow the fish too take the hook deeper before running into the main and sinker lines, and it will additionally give fin bait enough flexibility to right itself.

That said they do not have enough room to swim around or tangle. A dropper is not designed to give the bait that much freedom of movement or to allow it to swim around like a leadered halibut rig. The idea idea is to control the bait and hold it in a set position

With my rig when the fish takes the bait he can swallow it as deep as he wants because the connection slides, so there is no need for any length between the slider and the hook, additionally since the bait can twist and turn all he wants as the slide can twist on the line as well as slide there is no need for a longer tag end because the bait can right itself by twisting the hooks orientation to the slde without a flexible leader.

I know where your coming from and have tried it both ways.

I actually have a leadered version of this rig I use for Halibut.

I use the same slide and weight setup but on the main line below the slide I slide on a small 1/8 inch section of the same tubing, double the line back and run it through the small section again so it then it becomes and adjustable stop.







This is my go to halibut rig for fishing clear shallow water with ten pound fluorocarbon.

It works great as well, but it's for a different kind of fishing then the slide dropper.

I'll warn you now.... There is one thing to watch out for with the halibut version. When you run the line through the stop tube the second time, it's very important that you do not make overhand knot in the line. The deal is that if you get a good fish on it the line it can cut through the vinyl tube, and you end up with a knot in your line and reduced breaking strength.

All that aside.... Bottom line is with the dropper you do not need a stop, you in fact want the slide to rest against the hook, but if you need a slide you can make one out of a small piece of tubing. The deal is you just do not need it as I have tried it both ways and the dropper works fine if not better just the way it's designed to work without one.

Jim

[MalibuJohnny]

Why don't you use a swivel?

Seems like a lot of work...

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by MalibuJohnny

Why don't you use a swivel?

Seems like a lot of work...

It's no more work then using a swivel as it's the same exact number of knots, it's cheaper then a swivel as the tubing is cheap and each chunk costs maybe a penny at best, it is smaller than a swivel and it's clear so it does not show up as much and is less visible to the fish, it doesn't oxidize like a swivel and because it has some length to it (tube verses ring) it is also less likely to tangle.

I mean to each their own, far be it from me to tell others what to do, I'm just showing what has worked for me.

Jim