Or keen to hear what 3-4000 size reels people are using on their light jog rods. Cheers
Hi or low gear spin reel for micro jigging? Does it make much difference? Keen to hear people's thoughts.
Or keen to hear what 3-4000 size reels people are using on their light jog rods. Cheers
Hi speed +5:1. Okuma Salina 3, Diawa Saltist are good. if you want to go cheap a Penn spinfisher SSM 650 have a 4.7 gear ratio which will be ok and they are only about $70 and unbreakable.
Hi Billy,
Most of your fish will be caught in the bottom 3 to 4m for me the speed of the reel is irrelevant. I use an overhead Ocea Jigger and it's fantastic.
"Freyja" 2400 Noosa Cat / Viking Heritage
Thanks Mad Fish I suspected that. I have been using an old Daiwa heartland reel that is just about past it's used by date so about to invest in a new spin reel. Cheers
Yeah I dont think it is as big a deal as some make it out to be. but if i had the choice of 2 reels with one being a high speed and 1 a low speed i would take the high speed. A lot of the fish i catch are in the mid water and sometimes they will follow it up and down a few times before taking it. If you are jigging in 50m of water then you save a lot of rotations and effort having a higher rear ratio.
Thanks Wildfish
I use a stradic fj 4000 on my PE2 rod, it still gets mac's when I'm chasing them and is fine for the more traditional mirco jigging, for the really light stuff i have a chronarch baitcaster defiantly the go over spin, lots more control on the drop where quite a few hook ups happen
Thanks Lordspink - I understand what you are saying with the baitcaster also. Cheers
My micro jigging outfit consists of a Gomoku PE1-3 and a Sustain 3000 with 20lb braid.
I use this mainly for octo jigs but also butterfly jigs anywhere from 25g-100g.
I don't feel that speed makes much difference for what i do.