Spoon Feeder Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but it's Tips and Tricks so it made sense to me to put it here. I have received a few emails from customers complaining about the Bink Spoon snagging on their line a lot. Darrel Binkley did a lot of research to find out why this happens to some fishermen and not to others. What he found is the snagging of the line happens during the first 6 inches of bringing the rod back down after snapping it up. This is caused by bringing the rod back down too fast. This can also happen if you’re using too long of a rod. We recommend a 5’6” rod for jigging spoons medium to medium heavy. Longer rods will tend to snap back faster. To solve this problem either switch to a shorter rod or pause slightly when snapping the rod back before you let it come down. I would appreciate any feed back if you’re having this problem. Let me know if this fixes the problem for you. Fish24/7 and terryj1024 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish24/7 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 love Binks spoons, no complaints from me would be sweet to have some bigger/ heavier one's 2 -3 oz for us guys who like to get their spoons down to the strike zone quicker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Feeder Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 36 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said: love Binks spoons, no complaints from me would be sweet to have some bigger/ heavier one's 2 -3 oz for us guys who like to get their spoons down to the strike zone quicker I have prototypes of 2 oz and 4 oz. Was thinking of the ocean but may work for deep stripers also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish24/7 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 looking forward to a heavier version, sounds good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top_dollar Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Good tip.....This problem is caused by the free slack mostly, I am a jigging spoon fanatic. If you use short and steady 2-3 inch pulses, it will rarely happen. The problem comes, as was mentioned, when the fish want a hard fast 1-2 foot hop. Controlled slack is the absolute key here. I almost exclusively use braided fishing line, however, another thing that will help with the spoon on the treble hook, is to use a short leader of 17# FC line. Its so stiff and springy that it keeps itself away from the hook pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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