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I'm going to show you how to rig a drop shot. Basically I'm going to start out with 8 or
6-pound fluorocarbon line. Anything more than 8 pound line becomes extremely hard to manage
on a spinning reel. So 6 or 8 pound line and I use Seaguar InvizX and that works well for
me. For a rod I recommend anything from 6'10 to 7'. i personally like a little stiffer
rod when drop shooting. However, I know a little softer rod is popular as well. You
just need to find out what works for you. This is a IRod Air Series, 6'10 medium action.
I'll just a take a size 1 or 1/0 Owner Mosquito hook and I'm going to tie palomar knot. But
what you want to do is make sure you give yourself plenty of tag space for your leader.
Now it's important when tying the palomar knot to make sure that the knot snitches down
properly. You don't want the lines to cross one another; you want them to run parallel.
So that way the line won't cut into itself. When it seats perfectly like that you're not
going to have an issue with it. Now take that tag end of the line and stick it back
threw the eye of the hook from top to bottom. What happens is when you pull that it's going
to make you hook stand out at a 90-degree angle from the line and that's exactly what
you want.
Then take your drop shot weight, this is a Picasso Tungsten Casting Drop Shot Weight,
and I always like to tie mine on otherwise you're going to go threw way to many drop
shot weights. You're going to lose them in the rocks or whatever cover you're fishing.
You can tie a quick overhand knot, a quick palomar knot, or whatever you want to do.
So once that is done you want to rig your bait. There's a few keys to rigging a bait
that is going to help you out. With this Yamamoto Shad Shape or anything type of bait that you're
nose hooking what you don't want to do is go from the bottom straight out the top like
that. What that is going to do is cause a lot of line twist when you reel in the bait.
Cast after cast it's going to cause problems with you're equipment throughout the day.
So what you want to do is take your hook point threw the bottom of the worm and you want
to come straight out the nose just like that. It may not seem like a big difference, but
it's not going to cause this bait to spin as much, and it's not going to twist your
line up near as bad. Plus I feel like i get better hook up percentages with this style
hooking method as well.
So basically there you have it. That's your drop shot rig. To touch on a few other things
that might help you out. Traditionally most people nose hook these baits. But there are
a few other things you can do depending on what type of cover you're fishing. If you're
fishing extremely thick cover whether it be brush piles and your constantly getting snagged
up. Just go ahead and rig it Texas style to keep it weedless. It's still going to get
bite, but you're going to be able to fish it through the cover much easier. Another
presentation that I really like to do that really shines in pressure situations is wacky
rigging. Here's a 5' Yamamoto Thin Senko and what I'll do is I'll just skin hook it right
in the middle of the body like so and you've got both ends working for you. It seems like
whenever there's a pressured bite this technique tends to shine. So try these out and I think
they'll help you catch more fish on the drop shot.