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    Default LINE QUESTION


    If I am pitching a 1/32 jig around blowdowns on river & creek banks, should I us 4# mono or 10/2 pp?
    Reason I ask is pp braid seems to me to have more drag or bow in the water.
    Using 11 ft poles and hi vis line.
    Trying to pitch and glide before I move in close to vertical jig.
    Hope I'm doing this right.
    Also, is 4# mono sensitive enough to vertical jig 15 fow or less?
    Is so, I may drop braid for now because there a tons of fish in 5 to 10 fow right now.

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    Whatever works! You are the JUDGE!

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    I’m new to it, but I’m using 6 lb mono on my long pole with good results


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    Quote Originally Posted by jay the baptist View Post
    If I am pitching a 1/32 jig around blowdowns on river & creek banks, should I us 4# mono or 10/2 pp?
    Reason I ask is pp braid seems to me to have more drag or bow in the water.
    Using 11 ft poles and hi vis line.
    Trying to pitch and glide before I move in close to vertical jig.
    Hope I'm doing this right.
    Also, is 4# mono sensitive enough to vertical jig 15 fow or less?
    Is so, I may drop braid for now because there a tons of fish in 5 to 10 fow right now.
    In 15' of water, I would think braid would be best.

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    Always use Kastking braid - 4#/ 2# diam. no drag even using 1/32 oz jigs.

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    I tried 15lb braid last year for this type of fishing and had a lot of problems with it tangling on the rod tip and on brush.
    I went back to my 10lb hi vis mono.
    ( I don’t fish much clear water )
    Anything smaller and after a couple hours pitching it doesn’t want to feed good thru the guides.
    I use 12 and 14 ft poles.

    All that said and I’m thinking about trying 30 or 40 lb braid with a leader just to see how it performs.


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    I would go 6 mono for the slower fall with a 1/32 and more resistance to breakage than 4 mono ,braid not only ketches the wind it has a terrible amount of drag in the water as well
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    Bingo, thanks guys.
    Ketchn, do you see more bites than you feel when vertical jigging and pitching?

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    Sounds like you are new to this style of fishing ? It depends on the bite, but from my experience I feel more bites than I see.
    While vertical jigging, the key is keeping slack out of your line on the fall.


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    I use good 10# mono for what you are talking about!

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