Not the cheapist route to go ,but for me a Sabiki Rod is the only way to go . Wouldn't leave home without it . I have been using mine for a couple of years and consider it a worthwhile investment .
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Not the cheapist route to go ,but for me a Sabiki Rod is the only way to go . Wouldn't leave home without it . I have been using mine for a couple of years and consider it a worthwhile investment .
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I bought a couple of these to try out.
I use these and they are great takes a couple min to get it in or out but keeps the hooks out of the way during transport also its cheap you can get a pack of 4 for about $5.00 at walmartQuote:
Originally Posted by stik
I buy 30 or so every year and throw them away or give it away at the end of the day. During the day I just wrap the weight around the handle of my reel.
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I have one of these....they are OK and if you bid right you can get one for a decent price .....still like a spinning rod for the casting away from the pier with a sabiki ....but Gulf Shores seems straight down for bait is good enough
I attach the top swivel of the sabiki to an old shower curtain ring and drop the weighted end into a 6' piece of PVC pipe for transport and when not in use. I can put the bait rod in a rod holder next to the PVC and drop the sabiki into the pipe while it is attached to the bait rod.
I mostly use a ribbon rig unless I want sardines or hardtails.
I only spent a couple minutes looking but I gotta go; what is a ribbon rig?
A 2-3' section of monofiliment net with a red ribbon threaded through it, swivel at the top and a weight at the bottom. LYs peck at the red ribbon and get caught in the net and you pull them up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin E.
You can also make your own gold hook rigs, just buy a box of #8 or #10 gold bream hooks and tied them on 6# test using short dropper loops. Lot cheaper than buying them. Feel free to attached a little red yarn with super glue if you want to get fancy.
Around here we use a slightly different version with a section of mono netting, 6-8" wide and 2-3' long, with a red ribbon running down the middle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin E.
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I have tied a lot of size 10-18 flies and jigs for trout fishing. Don't think any are red, but would they likely work? I do have red, yellow, etc maribou that I could tie that small.