Tying and fishing the drop shot rig

[shtrnd41]

Very nicely done!

[Jip1129]

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[BigFreshWaterFish]

come see my fishing videos

[range2hander]

If i may give you a tip, when tieing a knot you should use some selivar to put on the knot when you pull it tight, if you dont ther is a chance the line gets burned when tightening it xD

[hampala1001]

Very good video, thank you sir !

[nauris706]

nice demo, thanks

[952pin]

beun trabajo

[bugler34]

Thank you for this demo.

[chickenpatty21]

Thank you for teaching me how to do this rig

[chainsawman171]

why do you need so a big hook?

[1RichZ]

@chainsawman171 You seem to have missed the point. The large hook and weight and heavy line are only to make it easy to see in the demonstration. The hook I actually use is shown in the opening frame of the video, and it's actually quite small (#2).

[maseofspades007]

@1RichZ lol, You clearly state, "we'll uze these oversized substitutes for the demo" then bam! sum clever beaver pops that awkward question. :) Good on you chainsawman171 Good on you. *sarcasm intended* ^^^^

[952pin]

@chainsawman171 the bigger the hook, the bigger the fish!

[MikeChalk]

Excellent. Thanks much - I have been wanting to try drop-shotting and this is a great introduction.

[Moe7133]

@MikeChalk Don't buy drop-shot sinker. They are way too expensive. It cost like 5 sinker for $5.  Just tie a small 2lb leader pass the hook to a normal split shot sinker. You can usually get like 10-12 for $1.50.

[116andi]

luxuriously

[PlayingHookyfromwork]

Best I seen online

[sandersjimmyjr]

great video

[liveTwoFish]

Excellent demonstration! Very easy to see and understand! Thank you

[sderocher1]

Does it have to be a polomar knot.

[rascal211]

I know Rich. This works and he catches tons of fish using it.

[WoodyNFla34482]

Excellent and clear! Thanx.

[nobull60]

Thank you very much. You did a great job showing how to tie that knot. Great illustration!

[shinypower]

Great Demo

Thanks a million, just practiced a few times based on your video....

[HiWay69s]

nice, 1st cast a fish

[Val0n]

does anyone know if this works good in rapids in a river? [not white rapids], im gonna try it in like 2 hours when i go with leeches :D

[Val0n]

gonna try this drop shot at these ponds we go to. and the large mouths we pullin are like 2 pounds and up

[1234mansingh]

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[1234mansingh]

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[dapoedog]

when starting off pull the line through the eye from the opposite direction than shown in the video to begin with and you wont have to pull the tag end back through to make the hook stand up properly trust me i fish this all the time

[MrTwinclarinets]

Really excellent demo. Thanks! (The oversize props made it easier for my sixty-two year old eyes to see.) ;-)

[1RichZ]

The advantages of the self cinching style weight are:

One less knot to tie.

Easy to remove and reattach, so it's not swinging around tangling stuff in the rod box or on the deck.

The self cinching design is supposed to allow the weight to pop off with less force than it would take to break the line at the hook knot, meaning that when you get the weight hung in the rocks, you don't lose everything and have to build the whole rig again. Just slip on another weight.

[deltaCO1462000]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! the way you slowly showed step by step was very very awsome and easy to follow...your a gret teacher!! post more!! dan..

[666Eagleone]

@1RichZ  hey can u use the drop shot off the shore and not on a boat.

[slimmdogg420]

@1RichZ Have you seen the new way of doing it with a swivel type rig?The swivel is somehow made into the hook it seems pretty good however I don't use it very often so I'm not sure if it is better or not.I recently started fishing a rather deep lake and I will give both ways a try.

[1RichZ]

@slimmdogg420 Of course I've tried them. The decrease in line twist is minimal, and it takes 2 to 3 times as long to tie the whole thing up. Didn't really find any advantage to them. When the Gamakatsu version of that idea finally reaches the US, I'll give that a try, too. Looks a little more promising than the currently available one.

[Douglas12982]

can't you just tie a regular weight to the end? I've never heard of a self cinching drop weight.

[SouthTexBassin]

@Douglas12982 . you can use an egg weight but its not the same

[GeneralLeeTz]

Hey man thx you really helped me im a beginner and tonite for the first time i cough 3 big basses.

[Methos713]

thanks for the know how. And I was always wondering how those weights work. You get 5 stars.

[hebikni]

does this work wen you use a jighead? or just a big hook?

[amiicory]

yes and vary well i might add

[hebikni]

cool