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Spinning or Conventional best for Jigging?

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Peter Childs:
Jason, I run both types of outfits side by side in various weights.  I have PE3, 4, and 6 in spin and conventional and PE8 in spin only.  For what its worth, my observations are;

1) I prefer the overhead for "mechanical"speed jigging with bottom weighted jigs (I can settle into a nice rhythm), and jig from under the arm.
2) I prefer the spin gear for "flipping"centre weighted jigs using a more technical style (I can get a more varied range of rod movement from the spin gear) and jig from the belt.

A couple of other factors to consider include;

1) I have limited wrist movement and find the conventional gear easier to grasp when used under the arm
2) The height of the gunnel of the boat you fish from might limit your ability to jig from the belt (in some cases).
3) For a long day jigging, I continuously swap between the conventional and spin gear (and centre and bottom weighted jigs) to mix up the muscles and pressure spots on the body.  I can jig longer in deep water that way.

One additional general note is that spin gear can generally fish higher drags (although there are some conventional reels now sporting very high drag ratings) yet conventional reels have a greater range of spool sizes (allowing deep jigging with heavy braid)[/li][/list]

There you go, horses for courses really - if you are just starting out, get whatever outfit you can, and develop a style that works for you..........I'm sure it wont be the only one you own in the long run!

Jon Li:
More and more are looking for OH jigging outfit , especially the heavier rated ones but spinning jig outfit still dominate the market .

One thing I observe is that when using OH jigging outfit , the anglers use the upward winding movement of the handle to coincide with the lifting of the rod to conserve energy when deep jigging > 100m in strong current / using heavy jigs ( over 500 gr. ) .

Jon .

Mark Harris:

--- Quote from: Jon Li on January 04, 2012, 04:39:05 PM ---One thing I observe is that when using OH jigging outfit , the anglers use the upward winding movement of the handle to coincide with the lifting of the rod to conserve energy when deep jigging > 100m in strong current / using heavy jigs ( over 500 gr. ) .

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That makes sense from an energy conservation viewpoint, but I reckon you will lose a lot of action on the jig. The effect could be a bit like straight reeling.

Jon Li:

--- Quote from: Mark Harris on January 04, 2012, 05:05:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: Jon Li on January 04, 2012, 04:39:05 PM ---One thing I observe is that when using OH jigging outfit , the anglers use the upward winding movement of the handle to coincide with the lifting of the rod to conserve energy when deep jigging > 100m in strong current / using heavy jigs ( over 500 gr. ) .

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That makes sense from an energy conservation viewpoint, but I reckon you will lose a lot of action on the jig. The effect could be a bit like straight reeling.

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Hi Mark ,

Depends on the jig used , center balanced jig should be ideal for slow action jigging associated with OH jigging outfit .

Jon .

Mark Harris:
Yep good point Jon.

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