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Uncle Russ · 04-14-2008, 03:55 PM

Gentlemen,

I first got the idea for having a "ready rod" or "light casting" rod on hand a couple of years ago from that excellent thread on what to take on long range trips. Then gimmedeal gave me a good lecture on it in Venice one evening. So I am taking a dedicated light spinning rig on all my future trips. My question is what to keep it rigged with and how to maximize its use by changing what is tied on.

So suppose you have taken along dedicated rigs for all of the other kinds of fishing you might encounter on, say, a 52 or 76 hour trip. The light rig is either a Twinspin 12 or Stella 8K with 50 - 70 pound braid and two foot flouro leader on a 7 foot rod such as the older OTI or a Smith. (Either rig is capable of some 10 - 15 pounds of drag or even more) You will be using it for such things as Ling or mahi mahi--but mainly surface ling. What would you keep it routinely rigged with? I am thinking either a small popper or subsurface lure, a swimbait, or a single hook or hook with egg sinker, for tying on live bait or a dead flying fish. How would you rig such an outfit. Thanks.

Russ

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Uncle Russ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,136	Ready rod for surface action... Gentlemen, I first got the idea for having a "ready rod" or "light casting" rod on hand a couple of years ago from that excellent thread on what to take on long range trips. Then gimmedeal gave me a good lecture on it in Venice one evening. So I am taking a dedicated light spinning rig on all my future trips. My question is what to keep it rigged with and how to maximize its use by changing what is tied on. So suppose you have taken along dedicated rigs for all of the other kinds of fishing you might encounter on, say, a 52 or 76 hour trip. The light rig is either a Twinspin 12 or Stella 8K with 50 - 70 pound braid and two foot flouro leader on a 7 foot rod such as the older OTI or a Smith. (Either rig is capable of some 10 - 15 pounds of drag or even more) You will be using it for such things as Ling or mahi mahi--but mainly surface ling. What would you keep it routinely rigged with? I am thinking either a small popper or subsurface lure, a swimbait, or a single hook or hook with egg sinker, for tying on live bait or a dead flying fish. How would you rig such an outfit. Thanks. Russ __________________ "Tschirhart: Helluva deal. You bait the hooks--I catch the fish!--Grimm."