Pic of Blazes SP rig for the purist

[blaze]

This is my flathead rig for sp's and works very well, see report in fishing reports, the good thing about it is it also works with bait.
cheers
blaze

[blaze]

6/0 hooks, bloody great snapper lead, 60 lb rig in 10m of water.
mind you I did catch a couple with a little abu and a small rod with 4kg braid.
I thing my big rig worked better cause it stirs up the bottom while drifting
cheers
blaze

[szopen]

Important is what really works.
Not what is "proper" ;D

[aquarius]

Looks fine to me Blaze......Do you spice it up a bit with some bait?
That anchor will sure stir up the sand.
Have you tried a pink colour plastic?
Cheers Brent :)

[reelcrazy]

Blaze

What knot do you use for the droppers?

Use something similar here for big fluke (flounder on steroids), a pro showed me the the trick of using squid strips cut into long pennant shapes (about 100mm long- 10mm wide narrowing down to a point) to tip on the hook behind the plastic.

Significantly improves the catch rate.

[blaze]

anchor was 300g, no bait on hooks, or one bait one plastic. at on point had the little abu ober the side and in the rod holder and the line went slack, then moments later caught one on the rig pictured on the lower hook with a bait of small couta, wound it in and brought up the fish with the sp of the abu deeply entrenched in its throat and lip hooked on the bait, greedy little suckers i reckon
cheers
blaze

[blaze]

Hi Brent
first plastic ever used was a pink thing about 4"
long and it caught a few fish before being well and truely, well ya know what i mean
bugger gotta go to do my days work (2 hours)
cheers
blaze

[ba229]

I think that is how the yanks first started fishing SP's blaze. Called it drop shotting and hence the name on the Berkley drop shots.

I also think I read a Steve Starling article where he was recommending this practice here in Aust.

Like reelcrazy asked... What knot do you use for the droppers?

[szopen]

As far as I understand drop shooting is done in a bit different way. Hook or special jig head is tied directly to the line above the sinker (if you use palomar knot for the hook it will stay with the hook pointing up) without any droppers.

[blaze]

agree with sz with the drop shoting
the knot is just a common dropper not doesnt show real well but I took it off this forum that someone showed me
cheers
blaze

[TonyM]

If I was tying up a rig like that I'd probably use a twisted dropper loop - I use it on all my paternoster rigs as it helps hold the hook away from the main line and will also keep the hook pointing up

It's in geoff wilsons book (my favourite after grants)

p.s. Thanks for the tip Blaze - I'll have to try it out

[reelcrazy]

If I was tying up a rig like that I'd probably use a twisted dropper loop - I use it on all my paternoster rigs as it helps hold the hook away from the main line and will also keep the hook pointing up

It's in geoff wilsons book (my favourite after grants)

p.s. Thanks for the tip Blaze - I'll have to try it out

Tony, thanks for the tip on the twisted dropper, looks good, might fix the problems with the very limp fluorocarbon line I've been using.

BA, the blokes are right, this is a paternoster not a dropshot rig.

More info on the dropshot and how to tie it here.

http://www.catcherman.com/features/rigging/dropshotting030512sportmn.htm

An interesting variation on this that I'd like to try on bream next time I'm in Aussie is what is called a "wiggle rig". More on this here. I wouldn't buy the product, thin surgical tubing works just as well and is cheaper, but the principle is the same.

http://ezknot.com/Whatboomer.html

[Relaxed]

Blaze,

I have heard that a small piece of light chain attached to the sinker also stirs the sand up and improves catch rates.

Am keen to give it a try next time I'm out.

Cheers Andy.

[TonyM]

Thanks for the links Reelcrazy. Always fun to try out something new (that's what I keep telling my wife anyway) ;D

[Quine]

Really good article in Modern Fishing October 2004 on drop Shotting, I discorvered
these mags at the local library, going to give this a go down the mouth of brissie river for Squire

Cheers
Stephen

[mini696]

Is this setup for drifting?