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Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 03:40 AM
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Nickbyrd
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So found myself buying gear today at academy ( on my personal cc so my other half will never know , of course muahahaaaa) and I'd seen and heard about this Santee float rig I've been wanting to try so I grab all my circle hooks , swivels ect and some cigar floats to try this thing out well I get to digging around on the Internet and there's two ways to rig it one is with a three way swivel with the float above the swivel and the other is a regular swivel with the weight above the swivel and the float is after that . Is there any real difference or preference between the two ?
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 03:42 AM
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 03:43 AM
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 10:58 AM
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Option 1 has always worked good for me...used to use option 2 when I used to bank fish the trinity river, it performs good in current. Option 1 works much better for me when fishing the lake. It allows the fish to feel less resistance when they take your bait.
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 12:35 PM
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Option 1. Make sure you snell your hook. Also, I always use 8/0 hooks and Academy usually doesn't have those.
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 02:36 PM
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Thanks gato and Brian fish in the lake and it been pretty calm latley so I'll go with option 1 plus I already set it up that way anyways lol . Was very disappointed in academy no 3 way swivels and didn't have the gamakatsu hooks I wanted either had to make do with eagle claw ,guess when I go back for more gear have to drive out to cabelas
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 02:38 PM
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Oh any suggestions or opinions on how long the leader should be ? Or how far away from the hook the float should be . Right now it's about a 2ft leader and about 8 in from the hook I figured this was a descent place to start until I found my sweet spot
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 03:15 PM
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24 to 30 inch leader with float about 3 or 4 inches above hook. I am switching over to 6/0 this time of year for hooks.
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Re: Santee /float rig
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03/28/17 05:31 PM
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I bought 6/0 and 5/0 ,start off with 5/0 and see where it goes .
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