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Fishing Set Up
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The Set Up I have tried every kind of set up imaginable and the this has proven to be the best. The most important thing to me is the float. This wooden float has a hole through the center so that it can slide up and down the line. I tie a piece of dental floss above the float so that the float will stop where I need it to. The float should set up straight with only the orange section out of the water. |
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For sake of getting it all in the picture, I squeezed everything together. From the hook to the weight is about 4 inches. From the weight to the knot is around 48 inches. You will want to experiment with this depth. Though I set up mine to around 48 inches, it doesn't mean that I fish that deep. I just use that to see how deep that I am. I use a long pole with a reel, and this rig is most of the time just under the end of the pole. When the float is in the water, the knot could be at any depth because the weight and hook are really hanging from the pole. |
| This set up will allow you to wind the tip of the pole all the way up to the hook when you get hung up under water. Once you have reeled up all of the line, you can punch it and normally the hook will break free. Another advantage is the ability to throw it. The float will slide to the weight and there is no wobble as everything goes through the air. When retrieving the rig from far away, the float will try to sit still in the water so that the hook and weight will almost come straight up. This helps to keep from getting hung up. Try this trick, remove the weight and floss and let the cricket float slowly down in a natural way. You will catch bigger fish especially is it can hit the bottom where the bigger ones feed. The only problem here is that you sometimes have a fish and don't know. Often the small ones will get on your nerves. | ||
