The salmon fishing has been tough to say the least. But the brown trout action has picked up starting last Thursday. Off the bouys there has been a nice mix bag of browns, rainbows, steelhead and atlantics.
As Paul said two haywire twists back to back will do the job! Unfortunatly I've done this a bit. One othe thing I do when ever I have that double haywire on the reel is coat the "knot" with UV wader repair or UV knot sense. I put it on and coat the "knot" in the shade it then hardens in direct sunlight in less than a min. This helps save the guides on your rod and it also helps keeping the sharp ends from cutting your fingers
I use the next size down when running sliders or cheaters. So, in your case I would go with 10lbs. If the slider breaks you only lose 1 lure, if the main breaks you lose 2
I've been running Power Pro on my riggers for two seasons now. I personally love it!
Downsides:
On Cannon downriggers you don't have any auto up.
Flea collect on it like 10lbs test mono
It does fray a bit at the end
As long as your not using the oars try looking into Scotty's oarlock adapters for their rod holders. I had a pair on my small boat, you don't have to drill any holes, they worked great and are very adjustable.
To run copper from boards the simplest realese is a shower curtian ring with rubber bands Another choice that is popular are the Clipper Release. With this release you can connect to the backing or you can use them with rubber bands. Remember when attatching the rubber bands I place them on the copper a 1' from the backing. I haven't had an issue this way and it holds great!
It is ok to put out divers first as I start them going out before my Riggers go into the water. The key is to let the copper out slowly, make sure it is tight once its fully out then send it out on the board slowly so it doesn't free fall into your diver.
I will be opening at 4:30 am tomorrow May 27th at our new store in Oswego. We are located just before 104 coming north on 481 on your right.
Hope everyone has time to stop in and say hello
From Noon on we will be having a meet and greet with owners and employees. There will be refreshments, might even be some cold ones
When Casey comes up with the big white Dodge next week we'll pull the trolley out of the way to make room for Penny!
Then we'll pass the hat to collect money to pay for her. I bet there are a lot of guys out there that would pay big $$$ to not have to compete against that boat again
Z-Boards are absolutely the best inline boards on the market right now! They track truer and run farther out to the side than any other inline board I've ever used.