FAVORITE ULTRALIGHT PANFISH RIG

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Comment by Slip Sinker on August 9, 2014 at 10:23am

Wow! Jim nice fish! Still trying to break the 10" mark over here in mid michigan.

Judging by the responses about Nanofil my plans to purchase 4lb is now bumped up to 6 lb.

Comment by Tony Livingston on August 9, 2014 at 8:56am

Congrats Jim! I'm glad to hear that nanofil works for some anglers....it's expensive enough it should! But for me, one season was enough.....it just doesn't perform as well as other lines, given my fishing style.

Comment by jim cosgrove on August 9, 2014 at 8:50am

caught my biggest gill in years yesterday.about 11and a half.on nano fil a plain jig and a cricket.would not have felt the bite on mono.my phone cam has failed so no pic of this monster.a wild northen strain gill

Comment by JBplusThuy on August 8, 2014 at 12:17pm

One of my little treasures is a Fenwick SP681, cut down to 4.5 feet. Sounds like Nanofil would be great to try out with it - if I can ever get out  fishing this year :(

Comment by Slip Sinker on August 8, 2014 at 7:28am

i made a typo on the heading it originally read 4'6" long it is 5 ft long my 4'6" long rod is my dedicated micro light bobber setup.

Comment by Slip Sinker on August 8, 2014 at 7:25am

great idea Scott

ive got a reel with spider wire that is about five years old on my popular go to setup... the line is somewhat faded and ive rotated it a few times but has held incredibly strength wise. the line has been trimmed down quite a bit thru the seasons so i just add more backing when needed with eagle claw bulk mono. on a long cast nowadays i can see the mono backing... its getting close.

4lb Nanofil... sounds like it would be great for ice fishing... but try to tie a knot with cold hands on the ice with that stuff! just cant imagine the sensitivity that would bring to a tiny ice jig. wow

Comment by jim cosgrove on August 7, 2014 at 6:09pm

i think some of the tiny fireline crystal is dental floss like but the nano is more like mono than any other braid i have tried.i use small reels with small spools and put it on TIGHT.i only use this rig for gills and crappies and maybe lake mi perch and rock bass so i dont need 100 yds of line.it has no memory and does not dry rot like mono.when i use mono i buy the bulk spools of cortland camo.half the price of premium mono and have never had a problem.

Comment by Tony Livingston on August 7, 2014 at 7:32am

I tried 4 lb nano last year, and ended up discarding it. It reminds me of dental floss.....both in texture and appearance. It's true that I never broke off a fish while using it, but it tended to dig into itself on the spool, resulting in it not coming off the reel smoothly when I was trying to cast with absolutely no weight.....which was the reason I tried it in the first place.

I've gone back yet again to my old standby....Sufix Elite.

Comment by Scott Brever on August 7, 2014 at 7:20am

Heres something that works for me !

  I have a 6ft light power fast action  st croix  1 piece rod I dont like 2 piece rods, the cheaper model triumph.

What i do is spool the real up with 4lb trilene xl  say 90% of the real then i use an albright knot and tie on 6lb nanofil and put on just enough to cover my farthest casting distance, i believe on my reel its  about 60 cranks of the handle.( spinning reel).

I use a double jig set up, so I then tie the nanofil  to a 3 way swivel using a palomar knot.

I then tie the 2 jig leads on with 4lb cegar invisix I use two 1 /32nd once jigs and some homemade plastics.

I tie them on with an improved clinch knot.

What this accomplishes for me is I still get the sensitvity of the nanofil without using up the whole spool of nanofil, intern saving me money seeing you have to pay $20 for 200 yards of the stuff.

I have done this with 2 poles so far and maybe used 60 yards of the nano fill..

Believe me when I tell you 6lb nano is so much more sensitive then mono, I don't believe you need to use 4lb nano, My younger brother uses it and i tried his pole with same type setup and it dose not feel a bit different to me, he can cast a little farther but not much.

My other pole i use a single jig and the same type setup except not using a swivel.

I first put on the trilene then the nano then about 10 feet of cegar invisix for the connection i again use an albright knot its just a small enough knot that it can be reeled up through the eyelets and dose not really hinder your casting on the wayout.

I then tie the jig on with a clinch knot.

Just food for thought.

.it works great for me and makes a spool last and saves $ ..give it a try

Comment by jim cosgrove on August 7, 2014 at 7:11am

i use 6lb nano fil on my ul rod.but i have gone back to using light glass or composite rods under 5 ft.you have to have metal guides tho or braid will saw groves in the older ceramic guides.the whippy rods cast the small stuff better and with  the no stretch quality of the line the softer rod helps absorb the shock better and u can feel everything.nanofil lives up to the hype for  me so far.allan the 6lb is really small dia.1 lb i doubt u could see

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