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All,
I do a ton of wire-line jigging in the grass patches in the Cape Cod bay, deep holes on the backside (nauset), and rips along monomoy. All three of these areas require different jigs and presentations. Most guys would say you would need different rigs to by this versital. However, since I have my wire marked at different footages, I can use one rod in all three locations.
To mark footages, I do not use tape, paint, etc.. These tend to slip or wear off. Rather, I use 10 to 15 foot sections of decron between each section of wire. The beauty of dacron is that you can splice it without a knot. In addition, dacron does not stretch like mono will. If you have ever fished billingsgate and seen the guys working their rods like madmen, they are freeing their jigs of weed. (much more effective then reeling in to clean the weed) Since there is no strech in Decron, the jig snaps and jerks with the rod, which rips through globs of weed. If you use mono, the strech absorbs the snapping action and will not clean the jig.
I guess I could go on for days, but since I am limited I will stop here. Good luck with the wire. It is tough at first but pays off quickly.
Geoff
PS. if you use spro swivles to make connections, use the smallest ones availible. They do not get caught in guides.
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