TECHNI CAL‘ N’TACTI CALFACTSHEET-MAY 2014
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S P I N N E RR I G Whent yi ngnewr i gsIknowI ’ m pot ent i al l y over compl i cat i ng t hi ngs,and somet i mes unnecessar i l y so,buti fI ’ m compl et el y honest ,Idon’ tcar e.Ir eal l y enj oy t he t echni cal si deofal l aspect soff i shi ng;bei t f i sh behavi our , bai tf or mat i on or r i g component sandf unct i ons. If i ndmysel fconst ant l yexper i ment i ngand t weaki ng but I al so get a cer t ai n sat i sf act i oni ndoi ngso,t ot hepoi ntwher e I ’ m equal l yhappyei t heract ual l yf i shi ng,or j ustexper i ment i ngwi t hnew t hought sand i deas.Iseem t ogett hesameenj oyment r egar dl essi fI ’ m ont hebankornot ,buti t doesmeanIam somet i mesgui l t yofover t hi nki ng and pot ent i al l yover compl i cat i ng r i gs. Havi ng sai d t hat , wi t hout const ant devel opment and advancement s t hen not hi ngpr ogr essessoIdon’ tbeatmysel f up abouti tt oo much.I ’ m qui t e happy f i shi ng wi t h what some woul d ent i t l e over compl i cat edbai tandr i gs–butwhenI cat chont hem i tmeansal lt hemor e. Twoaspect sI ’ m al waysst r i vi ngt oi mpr ove when i t comes t o r i gs and t hat ’ s camouf l ageandhooki ngabi l i t i es. Idon’ tt hi nk t her ei s a mor e ef f i ci ent hooki ngr i gt hant hechodr i g;i t ’ sabr i l l i ant r i gdevel opmentbutIqui t eof t en
TECHNI CAL‘ N’TACTI CALFACTSHEET-MAY2014
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S P I N N E RR I G f i sh wi t h smal ll oose f eed r at hert han a boi l i eappr oachsohavi ngmyhookbai ta f ewi nchesof ft hedecki sn’ ti deal . At t empt i ng t o i ncor por at e t he cur ved, r ot at i onabi l i t yoft hechodbutonasmal l er scal ei sn’ taneasyt ask,butt her ear et wo r i gst hatcomecl ose,t he360r i gandt he t ungst en bead r i g–t he pr obl em i st hey bot h use swi vel sext r emel ycl ose t ot he hook. It hi nkcar par esomet i mesmor ei nt el l i gent t hanwegi vet hem cr edi tf or ,Iknow I ’ m const ant l y get t i ng out smar t ed by t hem whi ch If i nd qui t ef r ust r at i ng so i n an at t empt t oi mpr ove my odds I t r yt o mi ni mi ze t he number of r ecogni zabl e component susedonar i g,andi nmyeyes a hi ghl y cont r ast i ng,dar k swi velst ands outl i keasor et humb. SoIsi mpl yr epl acet heswi velwi t hasmal l butst r ong r i ng.I fI ’ m compl et el yhonest bef or emyt est sIdi dhaveconcer nsover t hest r engt hoft heser i ngsbutIf oundt hat i fIwentsl i ght l ybi gger ,t heywer eweaker . Thesel i t t l er i ngsar epr et t ysol i dandwhen youcompar et hem t ot hegauget hi ckness ofa st andar d si ze 11 swi vel ,t he r i ng gaugei st hi ckerandt oughersoi nt heor y shoul dbest r ongert hanaswi vel .
TECHNI CAL‘ N’TACTI CALFACTSHEET-APRI L2014
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S P I N N E RR I G Hopef ul l y someone wi l lpr oduce good qual i t ymul t i col our edswi vel sr at hert han t hest andar ddar kandcont r ast i ngver si ons cur r ent l yavai l abl e,butunt i lt hatdayIwi l l l ookt omi ni mi zet hei rusecl oset omyhook bai t . Il i ket oat t achanot herr i ngt ot hebot t om of t hepopupsect i onandovert hi sIwi l ladd t ungst en put t y whi ch I can adj ust dependi ngont hebuoyancyofmypopup. Thensi mpl yat t achyourhookl i nkmat er i al bei tbr ai d,f l uor ocar bonori nt hi si nst ance t henew t ungst encoat edbr ai dt hat ’ sj ust beenr el easedbyThi nki ngAngl er s. Bei ngt ungst encoat edi tobvi ousl ysi nks, i t ’ squi t edar ki ncol ourwhi chsui t edt he l eaf ybot t om Iwasf i shi ngoverbutanot her advant agei st hemat tf i ni shont hecoat i ng i nsur i ngt her e’ snor ef l ect i onorgl ar e. Bei ngar el at i vel yst i f fmat er i al Il i ket ost r i p backt hecoat i ngani nchorso,j ustt ogi ve t hehooksect i onsomemor ef r eedom and movement . Thi sr i gobvi ousl yt akesabi toft i met ot i e butIf eelt he advant agesar e wor t ht he ef f or tont hi soccasi on.Youar epr esent i ng somet hi ng wi t h nextt o no i dent i f i abl e component s;youar er educi ngt henumber of met albased obj ect s whi l e act ual l y i mpr ovi ng t he r i gs ef f i ci ency over a st andar dpopuppr esent at i on.
TECHNI CAL‘ N’TACTI CALFACTSHEET-MAY2014
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S P I N N E RR I G When you l ook at most popup r i gs under wat ert he hook i s al ways poi nt i ng backt ot hel ead.Il i ket oposi t i onmyr i g behi nd t he bai t ed pat ch so t he f i sh woul dn’ tencount ermyl i ne,l eadandr i g andt hef i r stt hi ngt heyseei st hehookbai t . The pr obl em wi t h mostst andar d popup pr esent at i onsi st hatyouar er el yi ngont he hookt ot ur nar oundt ocat cht hebot t om l i p, whi chobvi ousl yi sn’ tgr eat .Iwantt oei t her make sur et he hook i si nt he cor r ect posi t i on,i . e.awayf r om t hel eadt ost ar t wi t h,orwor stcase scenar i o be abl et o r ot at ewi t hmi ni malr esi st ance,t hi sr i ghas bot hcover ed. Anot heradvant age i st he wayt he hook pul l sdownwar dsundert ensi on.Whenyou pul l agai nstt hel ead,duet ot heangl est he hookaut omat i cal l yandqui t eaggr essi vel y pul l s downwar ds and i nst ant l y connect s wi t hanyt hi ngt hat ’ sneari t . I ’ m sur eyouwi l lagr eei t ’ saf ai r l ycompl ex r i gt ot i e,butt he end r esul ti s qui t e si mpl i st i c under wat er wi t h a f ew not ewor t hybenef i t s– maybe somet i mes compl excanr esul ti nsi mpl i f i ed. . . ! !
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