Sabikis — Sabiki rigs light up the eyes of tackle shop owners simply because they are one of the top money making rigs offered in the store, You should learn how to store them although you can, as Snookie says, make your own.
To: PFIC Message Board
From: Kyle
Subject: How do I properly store my Sabiki rig?
I just purchased a Sabiki rig, and I noticed that the line was looped nicely inside the package. After I open it and want to store it in my tackle box, can I just put it all in like a Ziplock bag? Or do I have to try to put it back inside the package. Thanks a million
Posted by pazoozoo
Use it and dispose of it...(properly). I got tired of messing with them. If you want to make it last longer, just dedicate a cheap rod as a bait getter and leave it rigged. Get little pieces of cork on the hooks during storage. The hooks do not like the salt at all; they will keep a week if you are lucky.
Tight Lines, Sammy
Posted by monkfish
Another thing about Sabiki's...I would just make my own with regular "eyed" hooks. I find the store bought ones, while effective, frequently break off. If you make your own, if the hook breaks off, you can retie it. Some of the better ones go for 4-5 dollars; save yourself a few bucks and make your own. I like to rig mine with tiny 1" curltail plastics and tiny feathers I wrap myself. A good color to use is clear with red metallic flake, but experiment.
Posted by Tremor
Hey Kyle, I highly recommend that you put back in the package and spend a little time on it or else next time you use it, it will take 15 minute to undo every thing. I have one of those jig and I neatly sort it and it only take me a few second to put it on the line. I once put a jig like that in the bag without storing it properly and it took me a good 20 minutes to unknot the thing. It’s your choice whether to be fishing or untieing knots. Tremor
Posted by Kyle
Thanks for the info! Wow, only a week or life for the Sabiki rig? I thought it would last at least a year.
Posted by Sport Barbless
How do I properly wash/dry my Sabiki rig? Kyle, I always take 3 large tap water filled plastic drinking bottles with me. I immediately drench all my day’s gear and riggings. Sometimes sooner. I mat dry the hooks, swivels, etc. Talk about anal! So if my math is right, we are now up to .04 cents.
Posted by Snookie
Dear Kyle, Try using a piece of Styrofoam just big enough to wrap you rig around and around embedding the hooks into the Styrofoam for protection. Do rinse the rig first with fresh water. It will dry on its own. Your snag line rig will last indefinitely unless a fish such as a mackerel breaks one of the hooks. I do make my own but you can do well with the bought rigs so do it either way. Good luck, Snookie
Posted by Kyle
How do I make my own? Do I make a bottom dropper and put a brass swivel sinker on it, and above the sinker, can I make several dropper loops for the hooks? I am not really good at making dropper loops, and everytime I make one, when I tighten it, it always slips and I just get a knot in my line. Can anyone help me in making dropper loops in a line a lot more easier? Thanks
Posted by harukan
Dropper loops are a pain! I finally figured out this trick, which seems to work pretty well: after you've twisted the line and pulled the loop through, stick a pen or magic marker through the loop to secure it while you tighten up the rest of the knot. Just make sure the pen or whatever is smooth, without any projections that will prevent you from removing it after the knot is tightened, and that it's the same circumference that you want the finished loop to be. I like to use a drop loop instead--similar name, but totally different knot. A drop loop is basically just a figure-of-eight knot tied with a section of doubled-over line. There's a good picture of one on the link below. It's also called a "blood bight loop." (Wonder where they get these names, anyway?). I don't know which knot is stronger, but I haven't had any problems with the blood bight loop as compared to the dropper loop; it seems to work just as well and is a lot less hassle to tie.
Link: http://www.f-deans.freeserve.co.uk/knots/bloobght.
Posted by Kyle
Thanks harukan! nice link. Nice diagram of the "blood bight knot." I am going to Hermosa Beach Pier tomorrow to fish for the big halibuts. I hope it doesn’t rain. I'll be sure to try out the blood bight knot and to catch some nice sized sardines for the hungry halibut.
To: PFIC Message Board
From: Kyle
Subject: How do I properly store my Sabiki rig?
I just purchased a Sabiki rig, and I noticed that the line was looped nicely inside the package. After I open it and want to store it in my tackle box, can I just put it all in like a Ziplock bag? Or do I have to try to put it back inside the package. Thanks a million
Posted by pazoozoo
Use it and dispose of it...(properly). I got tired of messing with them. If you want to make it last longer, just dedicate a cheap rod as a bait getter and leave it rigged. Get little pieces of cork on the hooks during storage. The hooks do not like the salt at all; they will keep a week if you are lucky.
Tight Lines, Sammy
Posted by monkfish
Another thing about Sabiki's...I would just make my own with regular "eyed" hooks. I find the store bought ones, while effective, frequently break off. If you make your own, if the hook breaks off, you can retie it. Some of the better ones go for 4-5 dollars; save yourself a few bucks and make your own. I like to rig mine with tiny 1" curltail plastics and tiny feathers I wrap myself. A good color to use is clear with red metallic flake, but experiment.
Posted by Tremor
Hey Kyle, I highly recommend that you put back in the package and spend a little time on it or else next time you use it, it will take 15 minute to undo every thing. I have one of those jig and I neatly sort it and it only take me a few second to put it on the line. I once put a jig like that in the bag without storing it properly and it took me a good 20 minutes to unknot the thing. It’s your choice whether to be fishing or untieing knots. Tremor
Posted by Kyle
Thanks for the info! Wow, only a week or life for the Sabiki rig? I thought it would last at least a year.
Posted by Sport Barbless
How do I properly wash/dry my Sabiki rig? Kyle, I always take 3 large tap water filled plastic drinking bottles with me. I immediately drench all my day’s gear and riggings. Sometimes sooner. I mat dry the hooks, swivels, etc. Talk about anal! So if my math is right, we are now up to .04 cents.
Posted by Snookie
Dear Kyle, Try using a piece of Styrofoam just big enough to wrap you rig around and around embedding the hooks into the Styrofoam for protection. Do rinse the rig first with fresh water. It will dry on its own. Your snag line rig will last indefinitely unless a fish such as a mackerel breaks one of the hooks. I do make my own but you can do well with the bought rigs so do it either way. Good luck, Snookie
Posted by Kyle
How do I make my own? Do I make a bottom dropper and put a brass swivel sinker on it, and above the sinker, can I make several dropper loops for the hooks? I am not really good at making dropper loops, and everytime I make one, when I tighten it, it always slips and I just get a knot in my line. Can anyone help me in making dropper loops in a line a lot more easier? Thanks
Posted by harukan
Dropper loops are a pain! I finally figured out this trick, which seems to work pretty well: after you've twisted the line and pulled the loop through, stick a pen or magic marker through the loop to secure it while you tighten up the rest of the knot. Just make sure the pen or whatever is smooth, without any projections that will prevent you from removing it after the knot is tightened, and that it's the same circumference that you want the finished loop to be. I like to use a drop loop instead--similar name, but totally different knot. A drop loop is basically just a figure-of-eight knot tied with a section of doubled-over line. There's a good picture of one on the link below. It's also called a "blood bight loop." (Wonder where they get these names, anyway?). I don't know which knot is stronger, but I haven't had any problems with the blood bight loop as compared to the dropper loop; it seems to work just as well and is a lot less hassle to tie.
Link: http://www.f-deans.freeserve.co.uk/knots/bloobght.
Posted by Kyle
Thanks harukan! nice link. Nice diagram of the "blood bight knot." I am going to Hermosa Beach Pier tomorrow to fish for the big halibuts. I hope it doesn’t rain. I'll be sure to try out the blood bight knot and to catch some nice sized sardines for the hungry halibut.