What line is ok for making rigs?
What line is ok for making rigs?
Hi Guy's,
Its been too many years since I did any sea fishing. I plan to do some in a couple of weeks time along the Pembrokeshire coastline. I am replacing all my lines and thought I would use 20lb Sufix Tritanium as reel line, 60lb Ultima Powerflex as shock and and 20lb Amnesia as snood. Could I use the Powerflex as main rig line or can you recommend something else? Am I going too heavy with my lines? I am not sure whether I'll be fishing over rocky ground or sandy beach.
I would appreciate any advice.
Cheers
Its been too many years since I did any sea fishing. I plan to do some in a couple of weeks time along the Pembrokeshire coastline. I am replacing all my lines and thought I would use 20lb Sufix Tritanium as reel line, 60lb Ultima Powerflex as shock and and 20lb Amnesia as snood. Could I use the Powerflex as main rig line or can you recommend something else? Am I going too heavy with my lines? I am not sure whether I'll be fishing over rocky ground or sandy beach.
I would appreciate any advice.
Cheers
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Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
molehill wrote:Hi Guy's,
Its been too many years since I did any sea fishing. I plan to do some in a couple of weeks time along the Pembrokeshire coastline. I am replacing all my lines and thought I would use 20lb Sufix Tritanium as reel line, 60lb Ultima Powerflex as shock and and 20lb Amnesia as snood. Could I use the Powerflex as main rig line or can you recommend something else? Am I going too heavy with my lines? I am not sure whether I'll be fishing over rocky ground or sandy beach.
I would appreciate any advice.
Cheers
I would be inclined to use proper rig body line maybe Sakuma or Ultima. It should be as strong as your shockleader to avoid crack-offs. Search ebay for rig body
You could get away with 20lb snoods. I've personally found 30lb tangles less around the rig body.
Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
Hi Richie Fisher, Thanks for responding. The website I intend in purchasing all my bits, sadly, do not sell the Sakuma..... what Ultima would you recommend for making up rig bodies?
Again.... thanks for the speedy reply.
Molehill.
Again.... thanks for the speedy reply.
Molehill.
Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
or you could just ,,,,,,,"borrow" themRichie Fisher wrote:molehill wrote:Hi Guy's,
Its been too many years since I did any sea fishing. I plan to do some in a couple of weeks time along the Pembrokeshire coastline. I am replacing all my lines and thought I would use 20lb Sufix Tritanium as reel line, 60lb Ultima Powerflex as shock and and 20lb Amnesia as snood. Could I use the Powerflex as main rig line or can you recommend something else? Am I going too heavy with my lines? I am not sure whether I'll be fishing over rocky ground or sandy beach.
I would appreciate any advice.
Cheers
I would be inclined to use proper rig body line maybe Sakuma or Ultima. It should be as strong as your shockleader to avoid crack-offs. Search ebay for rig body![]()
You could get away with 20lb snoods. I've personally found 30lb tangles less around the rig body.
On the Internet you can be anything you want,,,,why do so many people choose to be idiots.
Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
Cheers Barney...... Your advice is as useful as a chocolate teapot!
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Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
molehill wrote:Cheers Barney...... Your advice is as useful as a chocolate teapot!
I think Barney might have been having a dig at Richie.
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AGNB
Thats bang out of order !
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What about an ashtray on a motorbike,,,,molehill wrote:Cheers Barney...... Your advice is as useful as a chocolate teapot!
On the Internet you can be anything you want,,,,why do so many people choose to be idiots.
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Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
You could get away with 20lb snoods. I've personally found 30lb tangles less around the rig body.[/quote]
or you could just ,,,,,,,"borrow" them
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Chris, all the ones I borrowed off you are on the seabed around North Wales somewhere

or you could just ,,,,,,,"borrow" them
Chris, all the ones I borrowed off you are on the seabed around North Wales somewhere
Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
Richie Fisher wrote:You could get away with 20lb snoods. I've personally found 30lb tangles less around the rig body.
or you could just ,,,,,,,"borrow" them
Chris, all the ones I borrowed off you are on the seabed around North Wales somewhere
As long as you got some mileage out of them,,no probs mate
On the Internet you can be anything you want,,,,why do so many people choose to be idiots.
Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
Hi molehill. The Powerflex will be perfect for making clipped rig bodies, I use it myself but in 70lb. It has very little stretch and knots well, one of the best lines available mate. For flapping rigs the sakuma line is great. Pretty stretchy but this doesn't matter on flapping rigs. Very supple too.molehill wrote:Hi Guy's,
Its been too many years since I did any sea fishing. I plan to do some in a couple of weeks time along the Pembrokeshire coastline. I am replacing all my lines and thought I would use 20lb Sufix Tritanium as reel line, 60lb Ultima Powerflex as shock and and 20lb Amnesia as snood. Could I use the Powerflex as main rig line or can you recommend something else? Am I going too heavy with my lines? I am not sure whether I'll be fishing over rocky ground or sandy beach.
I would appreciate any advice.
Cheers
Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
Tanks a million Baggin!
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80LB Ultima power flex good rig body . Suffix supple link for hook lengths .
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Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
Thank goodness Molehill got the answer he wanted way back in 2011.mocksqueek wrote:80LB Ultima power flex good rig body . Suffix supple link for hook lengths .
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
AGNB
Thats bang out of order !
Species--- Bass,ray,smoothhound,starry smoothhound,plaice,flounder,dab,LSD,huss,whiting,coddling,mackeral,pout,pollock.
AGNB
Thats bang out of order !
Species--- Bass,ray,smoothhound,starry smoothhound,plaice,flounder,dab,LSD,huss,whiting,coddling,mackeral,pout,pollock.
Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
Someone please stop the rain and the wind, Steve needs to go out and do some fishing lolSteve Duffy wrote:Thank goodness Molehill got the answer he wanted way back in 2011.mocksqueek wrote:80LB Ultima power flex good rig body . Suffix supple link for hook lengths .
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Re: What line is ok for making rigs?
spanner in the works coming up........
60lb greased weasel..
wonder if Molehill is still even fishing!?!
on a serious note... would be nice to actually get out and wet some bloody rigs!
60lb greased weasel..
wonder if Molehill is still even fishing!?!
on a serious note... would be nice to actually get out and wet some bloody rigs!
Stu
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2021 Species: [17] LSD, Coalie, Ting, Dab, Sea Scorpion, Pout, Poor Cod, Huss, Pollack, weaver, flounder, plaice, gurnard, thornie, ballan, corkwing, rock goby
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