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bigboy70
So on a fixed float how does the rig go I matched my jig weight to fixed drift float do I need to add anymore weight or is my jig the weight I'm confused tired and frustrated please help
Bgunder said:I run a 6 gram drennon which is close to an 1/8th of an ounce
JeannaJigs said:OKAY. So I run fixed floats exclusively for steelhead jigging because i'm not fishing anything big enough to require massive depth, and with a fixed float your offering gets in the zone much quicker. I use the thill orange and black fixed floats that come pre-weighted. You can pick these up at bi-mart and cabelas has 4 packs of them for a decent deal. They have a litle rubber tubing at the bottom and a little weight around the bottom. These are AMAZING for casting, you can chuck them a good distance. I use the bigger size with a 1/4 oz jig and add a couple split shot accordingly until it's sitting dirty. I don't like a lot of float sitting high in the water, so I overweight mine. Personal preference. You will want extra surgical tubing to hold the top of the float in place, why they don't include this i don't know. Slide the tubing on your mainline, both pieces. Then tie that mainline to a barrel swivel. Tie a mono leader from that swivel to your jig. I place my shot about 18" above my jig. you wrap your mainline around the groove in the float and then secure it with the rubber tubing, and then secure the top of the float with the other piece of tubing. I would post pictures but I'm at work.
DrTheopolis said:Your metric conversion chart is much different from mine.