Lindy rig line choice - mono/flouro/copolymer

[ryanmitchell]

Tying up your own snells harnesses is fun for me and my brother. We can create our own combos and experiment with length blades, beads, hooks, floats, etc.

What pound test do you use for yours? 6 or 8 pound? Average snell length? What type of line. Certain line for certain rigs? Like mono for a crawler harness and flouro for a minnow rig. Or spinner blade vs. just a hook and bead?

Most of the ones we have tied are roughly 4 ft. in length with a bead or three and a colored hook. We bought a kit with diff blade sizes, clevices and hooks. I also just placed an order for some other blades, hooks and floats. We want to make up a bunch before the season and wrap them up around a 9" little buddy harness tube to store them all and switch out easily.

We mostly fish lindy no snag sinkers 1/4, 3/8 or roach type sinkers in the same size with a snap swivel. I think we were going a little heavy last year with 1/2 ounce.

Thanks for your input.

[MIDNIGHT777]

I also enjoy killing time, and saving money, by tying my our rigs!!!!!!!

I use 8lb fluorocarbon.

I tie 6,8, and 10 footers. On some of the really clear lakes I fish (Mille Lacs) require the longer snells. It is not unheard of for guys on Mille Lacs to be pulling 12 foot snells. I like to place an inline float in most of my snells to be able to adjust the depth I can run the bait.

Most of my spinner rigs are 6 ft.

Matt

[walleyemaniac]

I use 8lb floro with a bunch of differant lengths. Anywhere from 2'-8'. Some with blades some without, just a single bead (usually chartruese)and a hook (plain, red, or blue). I just like to keep a variety so I can switch quick and keep fishing.

Another thing to store them on and it's cheep. Buy one of those floaties that the kids use in the pool (the long tube). You can cut it to whatever length you want, it's not any bigger diameter then the bigger Buddy Tubes, and you can make a bunch out of one floaty. I tie my swivels on the end of my rigs so I just make a slice 3/8" deep lengthwise down the tube. Stick the swivel in that slice and wrap the rig around it, stick the hook in whereever it ends up.

[wplatehunter]

I agree it is fun tying up your own. Mine are 4'-6' for the most part. Last year I was using 6lb mono, and was having problems with the line breaking on the hook set. This year I started using 8lb floro, so we will se how that works.

[saunasisu]

I enjoy tying my rigs as well. Last year I started using 15lb. cajun line for my spinner/crawler harness. I really like it. I fish the St. Louis river often and dragn bottom bouncers. Caught a 48" muskie with one of the crawler harness in 6' FOW, what a rush.

[fishwater]

I usually run 12lb+ line if I'm pulling blades. If I'm rigging with a simpler setup (hook/beads/float), I'll generally go 6lb. I use fluorocarbon (sufix invisiline) for simple lindy rigging, mono for spinners.

[james_walleye]

I dont really tie any lindy rigs up ahead of time but i do have a bunch of 2 hook crawler harnesses/spinners that i tie up. I've gone to using 6-8 lb vanish on any lindy/spinner i make. I make my spinners up at about 6' and lindys i'll start at 6-7' and go from there.

I'd be curious to take this a step further and here some of your guys favortite color combos reguarding beads and blades? Do you guys stay pretty standard with red beads or do you shake it up?

[rattleL]

james that is interestign your should say that. Ive actually had alot of luck going with all chartruese beads on my hand tied spinners. Ive also had luck pairing my gold/silver/ bronze blades up with all silver beads or even green beads with gold seemed to be a hot one last summer for me. I was going to say though when you tie a 6' harness arnt You usually dragging the bottom ive found a 4' to work good. Maybe we just troll different speeds. Interstign to see though.

[PerchJerker]

I don't tie rigs up ahead of time. I bring my box with all my spinner / rigging components, and a couple spools of line, and I tie them when I need them, and tailor-make them for the situation I'm fishing.

I don't use flouro as much as I used to (I don't like that it sinks) --- I only use it now in super-clear water or for super-finnicky fish. Usually I use Gamma CoPoly for my spinners and rigs.

I use lots of different color combinations and have my favorites for the various lakes I fish. The Green / Gold combo that rattleL mentioned is one of my favorites.

[james_walleye]

james that is interestign your should say that. Ive actually had alot of luck going with all chartruese beads on my hand tied spinners. Ive also had luck pairing my gold/silver/ bronze blades up with all silver beads or even green beads with gold seemed to be a hot one last summer for me. I was going to say though when you tie a 6' harness arnt You usually dragging the bottom ive found a 4' to work good. Maybe we just troll different speeds. Interstign to see though.

Rattle i used to fish just red and chartruese beads but now i've got about 8 different colors so im curious to hear some favorite combos and itching to try some of my own. I had a day on leech last year where all chartruese with a big gold thumper was on fire. On Winnie i always have my best luck on a firetiger blade but i havent played around with bead color there yet. Im going to try pulling blades on Lake Pepin this summer more.

I have never had a problem dragging bottom with a 6' snell but i also dont usually drag my weight on bottom. I usually reel in a few cranks and keep the sinker off bottom.

Do you guys find that you will have better luck with a certain color comb with say a crawler vs maybe you have a different favorite combo with a leech or a minnow?

[saunasisu]

What I've been using the past several years are different combos with the Mustad Slow Death Hook (red hook). I really love this combination with Colorado blades (pink, red, green,firetiger). Perhaps, I may add a float or two to help keep it elevated works as well. I've created some combos that when I look at them later, what the heck is that. I also will fill a worm injector 1/2 full of Dr. Juice, blow up the crawler and top it off with the juice. With beads, I've used the reds/greens/chartruese colors as well as salmon beads (orange type beads). Something different.