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In times gone by, way back when ... a few months ago .... people in the know have talked in bass fishing terms about letting sinking lures (soft and hard) drop on a slack but controlled line. With this, the bait falls pretty much vertically and that has how it's been successfully done. The controlled slack has been important.
However, today it has been raised a couple of times that LRF styles are allowing for a tight drop to be fished, keeping the rod at an angle to the bait and letting it slowly sink in an arc - maintaining contact. The direction of the drop is obviously different from what has been used and recommended before, and this has to be an easier thing to master (rather than watching slack line 'stop')?! I wonder whether it has something to do with the use of Carolina rigs over straight jigheads - which were not so widely advertised before? The Carolina rig, on a tight line, allows the unweighted bait to remain almost horizontal (if the hooks isn't too heavy), whereas the same bait with a jighead (with the same weight) would sink more quickly and at an angle.
Is it the Carolina rig that allows this technique to work, or is it something else? Or is the same technique commonly used for bass, but not talked about? Is a slack, sinking line 'better', or not?
Any thoughts?
However, today it has been raised a couple of times that LRF styles are allowing for a tight drop to be fished, keeping the rod at an angle to the bait and letting it slowly sink in an arc - maintaining contact. The direction of the drop is obviously different from what has been used and recommended before, and this has to be an easier thing to master (rather than watching slack line 'stop')?! I wonder whether it has something to do with the use of Carolina rigs over straight jigheads - which were not so widely advertised before? The Carolina rig, on a tight line, allows the unweighted bait to remain almost horizontal (if the hooks isn't too heavy), whereas the same bait with a jighead (with the same weight) would sink more quickly and at an angle.
Is it the Carolina rig that allows this technique to work, or is it something else? Or is the same technique commonly used for bass, but not talked about? Is a slack, sinking line 'better', or not?
Any thoughts?