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Spinning or Conventional best for Jigging?

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Andre van Wyk:
Jason,

As has been mentioned above, its very much a personal preference thing when choosing O/H or Spin....
I started on Spin ( the allure and sexiness of the Stella is hard to beat! ) and then moved over to jigging with O/H almost exclusively as I too find the Mechanical jigging action using an O/H set up easier to get into a groove with, and definitely easier when using heavier jigs ( 300grams plus ).

Recentl I've gotten back into using a Spinner more regularly as well, and am thuroughly enjuoying jigging with a spinner in the lighter jig weights again...
I agree with Peter in that one can certainly offer more variety in action more easily with a Spinning set up I find, but it is definitely more tiring with heavier weight jigs...

Try both if you can of course, as only time will tell which suits you best....

These days I'm pretty much 50/50 on anything under 300 grams, and about 80/20 for over 300 grams in favour of the O/H set ups... 

Jason Lai:
Thank you guys for all the comment. I have tried jigging using spin for light jigging and it work well for me. I received couple of comment on the O/H reel over spin for heavy jigging too. Currently i'm using an Accurate 665H  (low ratio) O/H, unfortunately I don't get to jig a 500grm jig so far. Hopefully this reels work for me if not i got to dig deeper to my pocket to get a spinning out fit.

Steve Li:
I use spinning gear exclusively. Don't have any issues with them jigging ultra light jigs of 12gm to heavy jigging with over 350gm jigs...... I have jigged 600gm with a spinning set-up but mainly with gimbal. Only drawback is you have less clearance from the boat railings compared to OH. 

Another advantage I noticed OH have over spinning is the angler can rest the rod on the railings while fighting fish (thats cheating I think).....  ;D

Chris Thomas:
I think line falls off an oh a bit quicker as well which can be handy when dripping jigs and there is a bit of current running.  I haven't timed it but it feels this way.

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