which line is best

Which line is best to put on my spining reel for draging jigs long lining, and wood it be good for vertical jiging also?

I am sure that someone will chime in with an answer to your question, but I just called my lawyer about you name. I thought I owned that name with or without the “E” in Love2fish. Just kidding (nice choice)

John

Personaly I use all fireline. Mostly 6lb but at times 8lb. It does take the correct rods for it to be used correctly. For mono I have heard good reviews from a number of people about the cortland brand. Dean or whoever is working should have whatever line you choose to go with and will also wind it on if your making a trip down there!!!

Sorry about that, I should have check the membership for names if that was possible.I’m just leaning to navigate the site. Hope I don’t do or say something wrong and you get blamed.First time I seen you I thought it was me and i thought wow I,ve got a lot of fish buck.

i like power pro my self and it works just fine draggin but i have been told from otheirs that do it that i should be using mono all the way down to the person i fish the most with but we drag most of the time and i do just as well as he does with mono i think its what your used to

By the way John I like your lab! I’ve got a 12 yr old choc.lab. she loved to hunt, arthritis has slowed her down.

I have used the green Fireline for years and love it. I mostly vertical jig and drag jigs.

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Which line is best to put on my spining reel for draging jigs long lining, and wood it be good for vertical jiging also?

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Mono downstream, braid upstream. For the mono try and find trilene sensation as it offers the best combination of manageability and strength. For braids… fireline or powerpro both work well.

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Which line is best to put on my spining reel for draging jigs long lining, and wood it be good for vertical jiging also?

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Mono downstream, braid upstream. For the mono try and find trilene sensation as it offers the best combination of manageability and strength. For braids… fireline or powerpro both work well.

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Can you expand a little on the reason you go mono down and braid upstream? I have an idea, but its probably wrong.

Thin braid upstream (1 – 2 lb diameter / 6 Lb test) allows an angler to use lighter jigs yet use relatively short amounts of line out behind the boat when creeping upstream into current. If you use the same line going downstream you really aren’t “dragging” jigs as the lack of line diameter doesn’t provide any lift and the jigs remain very close to the boat. I like to get 40 – 60 feet back behind the boat when dragging and you’ll be plowing bottom with the micro-fine diameter braid if that line is used going downstream. There’s really no way to use one line in both directions without sacrificing one aspect of the presentation or another. If you try and use mono going upstream you’re forced to jump up considerably in jig weight. If you try and use the braid going downstream the jigs are too close to the boat and you’ll spook off fish in shallow water.

Yeah, I was close, but wrong. Thanks James.

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Yeah, I was close, but wrong. Thanks James.

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There’s no wrong way to catch a fish but the guidelines above are what seems to work the best under the most diverse set of circumstances. I’ve tried dragging downstream with 6 – 8 lb braid (warmer weather only) and it works fine. Again, you just need the diameter to get those jigs out away from the boat a little. Of course when you turn around and head back into the current the larger diameter of the 6 – 8 lb braid forces the use of much heavier jigs… and then you start to see a lot of short hits unless the fish are crazy aggressive.

Thanks everyone. I have more understanding about chosing line, I think. A lot to think about when chosing line!

by those guidelines i guess what im doing must not be truly draggin then i use 4lbs dia. power pro and 1/8 or 1/4 oz depending on current cast out as far as i can and then let out about one or two rod lengths of line out. learned alittle fishing with guys that have fished with you James and added a little as i spend time doing it hints more line out for me then you are saying

During the day 99% of the time I’m dragging downstream and the heaviest jig I use is a 3/32 (between a 1/16th and an 1/8th). Upstream I’m usually using a 1/8 – 3/16th… but I just don’t drag upstream all that much.

Thanks James. I couldn’t make the Seminar at Chippewa Falls but Al and Frank really liked your presentation. We have found what you state to be very true…although it took a LOT of trial and error.
Last March, dragging was about the only consistent method with that extreme cold front. I got this 29.5″, 11.75 lb beauty on a downstream drag, 6# Cortland Mono, EX70MLF rod, 3/32 H20 jig, Pro Blue Paddletail.
I’m not too fond of trolling, although similar, dragging is closer to the “one on one” of pitching light tackle. It is a HOOT!
Thanks for the info…it will save a lot time for new guys to “dragging” as your video does also!

6 lb p line halo flourocarbon

There are several good products out there,but if fishing in below freezing temps,braids that absorb water,and mono lines that have memory can be frustrating.Cold weather fishing narrows the field in my opinion.

Last march Dean handed me a St Croix Legand x with 6 lbs cortland and that rod out fished the 3 other rods with fireline dragging up stream! Still on the fence on switching on of my Loomis rods to cortland but im sure Dean will spool up an extra spool for me!!