3 way modification

  • glen55
    Posts: 5
    December 31, 2003 at 3:13 am #1328720

    I would like to offer a 3 way rig variation I cant resize the diagram if someone sends me an email [email protected] I can reply and attach. and then comment. thanks

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4465
    December 31, 2003 at 4:28 pm #287008

    At the risk of offending a new poster…this guy may be trolling for valid email addresses.

    I wouldnt recommend sending him any info at this time.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    December 31, 2003 at 5:17 pm #287014

    Point taken… but he just sent out his pic. I’ll have it up here shortly.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    December 31, 2003 at 5:22 pm #287016

    Thanks much! I use this rig myself in the late summer on the river when fish get a bit finicky and prone to dropping the bait. Works great!

    glen55
    Posts: 5
    December 31, 2003 at 6:45 pm #287031

    this rig is also used for steelhead drift fishing. the dropper is usually 4 inches leader length 8 feet. rod is 9ft. average. bait is usualy fly corkie or spin and glow or wobble glow. walleye have been caught using all of the above while fishing for steelhead. from shore or from a boat you cast straight out across current you will feel the sinker ticking bottom let it sweep all the way to where it stops down river leave it there for about 10 seconds or longer. you can cover alot of water and you will know that you are on the bottom with fireline. I just ordered some ringworms and super doos and will give them a shot at the st. joe river in Michigan. I was getting fish using stick baits a couple weeks ago big blue husky jerk those green yozuris are great. I started out a straight retrieve then started aggressivly rip pause that triggered them to hit. with the colder water temps I think its time to do the super doo a longer dropper maybe 2 feet a shorter leader a heavier sinker so it wiil hold in one spot let the doo hover off bottom in the current for a bit then move it. any suggestions for colors to use at night.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    December 31, 2003 at 7:27 pm #287036

    I also like using that rig on Mille Lacs. One additional mod to that rig I like to use in snaggy areas is this.

    On the dropper, I use an egg weight for the sinker and hold it on the line with a split shot. If/when you get hung up, the split shot will release and you don’t lose the entire rig. Slip on a new sinker and you are ready to go quickly without tying a knot.

    Jon J.

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    December 31, 2003 at 8:45 pm #287041

    That’s the rig I use.

    Thanks for the post Glenn55 and welcome to the site.

    Gator Hunter

    john-tucker
    Northwest Illinois
    Posts: 1251
    December 31, 2003 at 9:30 pm #287048

    Glenn55, Welocme aboard! Thanks for posting, I’ve not tried that variation, but I will add to the arsenal now! Looks like a great rig to use for several applications!
    Rooster

    pfluggy
    ROSEMOUNT, MN
    Posts: 262
    January 1, 2004 at 3:09 pm #287106

    I USE THIS WAY TOO,I ALSO PUT A SLIP BOBBER KNOT ON SO YOU CAN MAKE THE LEADER SHORTER OR LONGER.YOU CAN ALSO FEED LINE WHEN RIGGING WITH IT.

    pfluggy
    ROSEMOUNT, MN
    Posts: 262
    January 1, 2004 at 3:20 pm #287107

    JUST ONE MORE THING, HOPE EVERY ONE RECOVERS NICELY,AND HAS A SAFE AND GRATE NEW YEAR TO COME.

    trapper
    jackson co. iowa
    Posts: 15
    January 3, 2004 at 9:08 pm #287288

    one trick i have always used is to tie my snagless sinker with a standard trilene knot (once thru the eye of the sinker barrel swivel) and use an improved trilene knot for my drop line(twice thru the eye of the 3 way or in this case sliding barrel swivel). this way if your sinker hangs it will brake there and u will get everyhing but sinker back. the barrel swivel and split shot work fine but are much snagger than a pencil sinker on wing dams and riprap. good luck

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