Leather Jacket Rig

[Geoff]

I think most who have fished outside have at one time or another find the line go slack , retrive to find that all or part of the rig has dissapeared which normally indicates , the jackets have arrived.

Now , you can rerig & move , hopeing the jackets don't follow or rig up & catch a few as they are rather tasty.

Here is a rig I have had good sucess with & as best I can recall , not lost one yet

Jackets appear to attack anything that remoatly resembles food , inc sinkers & shiny brass swivels so the trick is to remove or at least mininise that attraction.

In essence , use 6" - 8" black traces which are fitted with black swivels / snap clips.

As the photo's show , tie the main line to the top swivel , clip the second trace & a sinker to clip , then the hook to the bottom of the trace.

Give it a go , tackle loss should be reduced to zero , or close to it

Geoff

[stinger]

yep you certainly need wire i got a big one once and it bit right through my gamacatsu occy circle hook come back with half a hook

stinger