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| The weather was cold, but it was hot fishing today while jigging. I had a chance to try out some Varivas nylon line today, and it worked out well as you can see from the photo! |
As many of you know, I am a line tester for Varivas lines. I've written a lot about their braided lines and fluorocarbon for saltwater applications. Now, I'm back to ice fishing when I'm not skiing, and I had a chance today to try out some of their monofilament lines (called nylon line) on my ice jigging rods.
I received several samples of Varivas lines to try ice jigging. I spooled up one of my outfits with 6 lb. test Super Trout Advance line, a thin monofilament line. On the end of the line I tied on about a three foot shock leader. I used Varivas 10 lb. test Extreme Shock leader. Like their braided lines, these lines were super thin for their pound test, but provided a great feel for those "soft" hits you get while jigging. I was jigging a small gold Kastmaster with a Berkley Gulp maggot on the hook. I was trying out the maggots for the first time.
I got a chance to put the lines to the test as the action was very good. I landed about fifteen fish with a lot of variety- largemouth bass, crappie and yellow perch. Some of the bass were decent size. So, the two things I was trying out today- the Varivas line and the Gulp maggots worked great.
By the way there was about 8 inches of ice where I was fishing in nearby MA although about two to three inches of it was that crappy, snowy ice. Still, there was at least 5 inches of hard, solid ice. There was also a good amount of snow on the ice as you would expect.
If you are interested in Varivas lines, visit the website at https://www.varivas.fishing
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| The main line on the reel was Varivas Super Trout Advance in 6 lb. test. My shock leader was 10 lb. test Extreme Shock Leader. |
