Three ways……………..

What % of fish caught are caught on each lure/jig? Is it 90% crank and 10% jig or other?

Eric

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What % of fish caught are caught on each lure/jig? Is it 90% crank and 10% jig or other?

Eric

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When the water temps are in the 30s that’s when the jig will get bit more but after the temps spike around forty and above that’s when they start to go on the sticks. They will usually produce more and bigger fish.
Every day is different though.

I really like to start with 3\4 oz.jigs and work up from there.The larger swim bait Sassy Shads and similar soft plastics are hard to beat on the dropper imho.

Jeff’s way looks good , and I may give it a shot for giggles and see how it works
But, I still don’t understand how people are having line twist problems with the standard 3-way
I know I am not the Pool 8 guru like Mr.Clark, but I have used 3-ways in a few different applications and line twist is NOT a problem. The only time it is a problem is if you get a wad of weeds caught up. But, even then, you are going to feel the difference right away and then take the weeds off.

So you guys are saying when you pull a standard 3-way around for half a day and then pull your bait out of the water the first reaction is for the dropper and leader to twist together or when you drop back in are you not having to pull a twist out of the two lines before you start feeding your line out?

I have a hard time believing that this only happens to me

Since I am going to disagree with you Bret, it will be wrong, but, NO I don’t have to

I have been out 3 times this week pulling 3-ways for 3+ hours going with and against the current. When I pull the line out of the water, they hang seperately. As soon as I set it back in the water, the weight drops straight down and the jig floats straight behind it until I release the bail. It could be because I am not using an extremelly long leader, or who knows, all I know is I do not have the twist in the line.

I like that set up Jeff.I can’t wait to try it out this spring.

I get line twist every now and again and this rig looks like it would eliminate that,I really like the idea of the leader running through the main line swivel for those finicky fish. .

Could you use a quich change clevis in front of the main line swivel to quickly and easily change the length and weight of your dropper line?? As long as you weren’t using a jig for the dropper line weight, I’d think you could pretie a bunch of diff. lengths and weights to easily dial in the fish each day. The dropper swivel would easily fit into the clevis.

What do you think???

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Could you use a quich change clevis in front of the main line swivel to quickly and easily change the length and weight of your dropper line??

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I like that idea

I tied on a snap to my main line to change up leaders in a hurry.

Thanks btomlin for sharing

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I have a hard time believing that this only happens to me

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Not just you it happens to me ususally my leader is longer than my dropline and I just start lowering the leader into the water and let the water pull on the bait to pull the twists out.

Richard

I have been mulling this line twist thing over and have a few thoughts.

I wonder if the length og the leader to the crank has an effect?

I also wonder if the line test makes a difference?

Also, does line type make a difference ( mono, fluoro, braid)?

With my short leader of 12# Fluorocarbon, line twist has not been a problem, seriously. But, if I were to make a 30″ leader of 10# braid, maybe that would make a difference?

The only time I have ever had issues with line twist on a three way Am is when I failed to clip my tag ends clean on the brass.It seems that if one line falls back and gets caught on the long tag it seems to spin the rig enough to get twist.

Another extremly effective presentation using three-ways is pulling flies. I had this shown to me over 10 years ago and let me tell you in current, they are hard to beat. Not only is this productive for numbers but it is for size as well.

White w/ tinsel zonkers!!!! (narrow strip of rabbit hair) looks just like a shiner

I’ve used this rig for a few years now down here in the “South” (Quad-City area) on ‘eyes down to Pool 18 and love it. One addition: I add a small lightweight snap(like a Berkeley Crossloc) to the dropper for the weight. Let’s me change weights in a hurry without retying. A small enough snap also accomodates using a jig for a dropper without spooking fish. My 2 cents, but it’s a really good rig.