soft plastics spinning on the drop

[Berrero]

Hey raiders,

 

One small thing I've started doing as of late is after rigging a soft plastic just checking out how it performs on the drop before casting it out to ensure that it falls properly and naturally.

 

My go-to are paddle tails but throw the occasional curltail grub and one thing I've noticed is that practically all of my grubs seem to drop in a spiral. I just wanted to check if this was just due to the nature of the corkscrew tail or if I should be going back and try rigging it again? I tried a few times on my last trip to rerig them but it seemed to always have a slight spiral on the way down. Is this something I should be working on trying to improve or is it just part of using grubs. 

 

I usually use 1/16-1/12 jigheads, could the low weighted jigheads be causing it / making it worse?

 

Thanks

[DerekD]

From my experience they will spin in circles if dropped. By keeping in contact with the lure on the way down (tight line) it then behaves like a pendulum and can only swim in one direction.

 

[Green Hornet]

What you'll find is if you drop them over the side on a loose line they'll spiral unless rigged absolutely perfect.

When cast out, the drag from the line through the water puts just enough tension on the jighead to stop it spiralling.

I still can't stress enough, it is vital to rig the plastic as straight as possible.

[Berrero]

19 minutes ago, Green Hornet said:

What you'll find is if you drop them over the side on a loose line they'll spiral unless rigged absolutely perfect.

When cast out, the drag from the line through the water puts just enough tension on the jighead to stop it spiralling.

I still can't stress enough, it is vital to rig the plastic as straight as possible.

I'm usually a perfectionist when it comes to rigging plastics straight - even if it takes half a dozen times to get it right.

 

just wanted to check because I was pulling my hair out swearing I had the grub as straight as I could and was still spinning

[zmk1962]

Is spiraling on the drop down necessarily bad??  Don’t most dying fish spiral down anyway - so this is mimicking natural behavior ?

just asking as I am not an SP expert by any scale. 
cheers Zoran 

Edited July 6, 2020 by zmk1962

[Scratchie]

1 hour ago, DerekD said:

From my experience they will spin in circles if dropped. By keeping in contact with the lure on the way down (tight line) it then behaves like a pendulum and can only swim in one direction.

 

Derek nailed it 👍👍👍

[kingie chaser]

I noticed the other day I was forward casting a lot with a paddle tale to get to the depth in the drift & I was catching the tail in the hook on occasions.

So yes I had a lot of slack line & probably a large hook size to jighead which caused this.

 

Imo even with slack line if your plastic isnt rigged straight on its going to react differently every time.

 

I have also noticed with some of these newer soft plastics now being so dam soft they are a PITA to push forward square into the jighead past the grabby things(whatever they are called 🙄) they are hard to keep perfectly aligned.

[zmk1962]

56 minutes ago, kingie chaser said:

grabby things

barbs ?

[kingie chaser]

19 minutes ago, zmk1962 said:

barbs ?

No mate, talking about the alloy ribs that keep the plastic on..........................hang on they might be actually be called keepers 🤣

 

mental blank 🙄

Edited July 6, 2020 by kingie chaser