River Rigs

[trouthog]

what type are you guys using?

i had been using the traditional style (24-36" double overhand knot to a sinker tyed to the main line) i have used since i was a kid.. but we have a hard time feeling the bit & so do my kids

so i have decided to switch over to the slip sinker style & see how that works.. any feed back would be wounderful.. this is more for my boys then me, i fish the trout magnet & just started to fish the zig jig ... but my boys are not quite reay for either one of them yet.. river rig is best suited for them being young.

thansk guys

[Ham]

Have you tried using a surgeons loop that has been cut ? Split the loop so that it has a short arm (1/3 total length) and A LONG arm (2/3 total length). Tie the hook to the short arm and the weight to the long arm.

You guys gut hooking with Power Bait?

I feel certain your boys could use inline spinners and spoons. You get a lot of bites that you don't hook, but they would catch fish.

[trouthog]

Thats what i was using, an yes, a lot of gut hooking, im able to get 90 % out and we cut or keep any that too bad.. Always rainbows.. Lol

I m now setting up like a Carolina rig..

I may let them try, they are 8 & 10, problem is they are the lack of listening kind.... I tell what to do and no what what i do they just dont listen. Lol thats kids... Ill give um a shot and see... Thanks man.

no else has .02 to add.... ? lol man dont hold back !

i was using the bottom set up & have for 25 years, cuz thats what i was shown, but i just dont care much for it.. i got out of fishing for a bit as i was in the military & was gone, now i am back .. i am trying to find better ways, so now i will swicthing over to the top style, what i am told is carolina rig (i dont bass fish yet)... i think this way will be more sensitive to feeling a hit... but i will not over look ham's suggestion of roosters & spoons .. i had no luck last year with them, so i did not fish any..