Microfishing Ready Rig

[Joe Angelucci]

Just a quick photo of a micro fishing ready rig ( Tanago - Japan) for pole

• Length 9 feet of 1.2 pound line
• Float
• Yarn indicators to detect side movement of fish
• Foil weights to balance floats
• #32 hook with 1.5 mm hook point
• Winder 

US price $7.00

[Johnny wilkins]

Domo Arigato - 

I see what you are saying about pricing. We can do better.

I am working on packaging as we speak... very exciting. This owner rig would be better than most things on the shelf for certain!! But- we can do better than this rig.

[Joe Angelucci]

True... but for me, I'm going for a one inch fish. I amazed that we seem not to get true fixed line tackle available in the US.

BTW, this rig is a killer for bluegill in the 2-4 inch range . 

[Johnny wilkins]

Joe-

Fixed rig tackle can not be beaten - this is proven out year after year by 100's of the top anglers who fish 32' apart in timed contests. Anyone reading this, the fixed rig dominates - it isn't even close.

There are very few situations where the casted rig is better. 42' and in, the fixed rig will beat any other rig.

Joe - I think I have found my partner in crime. Johnny has fixed rigs in prototype along with leaders. Unfortunately I won't design the hooks for micro but- we can make arrangements.

2-4" fish are fantastic fun. I am a numbers guy as well so your style is so close to how I normally fish gills.

Great fishing equipment is around the corner.

Johnny

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

Interesting. Still impressed that you might catch a one inch fish - on purpose.

[B. Waldman]

Joe -

Funny you should post this as I was just looking at that exact setup online yesterday. I just purchased a Daiwa Kiyose SF 3.6 meter pole (Keiryu style) this weekend for fishing fixed line versus the larger bluegill, bass, crappie and white bass in the waters I fish. This outfit will do great double duty as a small streamer/nymph/live bait rod while being able to handle the larger size specimens I encounter regularly. I am setting it up with 4.5 flash orange Sunline (fluorocarbon) likely paired with a 5X (.006, ~4.3#) leader. I'll adjust as necessary from there. Really looking forward to this spring and trying the new rig. If the bug bites, I might go toward the smaller end of things such as you have, but guessing that's not in my immediate future.

 

-Brian

[Joe Angelucci]

 Kiyose 360  is a nice pole. Your right, I'm going the other way ( Seiryu), Funny thing is that the terminal tackle is the same  but either larger or smaller. 

If you get a chance, take a look at the Nissin Fine Mode Kosansui in 4.50 meter

Tight Lines

JDA

[Keith Ritter]

I find this fascinating. Is this for small fish or will it handle big bluegills? I could replicate those winders.

[Johnny wilkins]

This system handles big bluegills. Of course when you are rigged for smaller gills and you strike into a massive bull- your line will tighten up like a piano string.

I once rigged up on a scouting mission to find a kids' fishing spot. When I finally found the fish, my 2 lb. leaders were singing like the highest string on the piano and we were breaking off. Some of the gear for "micro" would not handle the big ones without a nice long-handled landing net. That said, fishing with the right sized leader and setup will "handle" or hook into many more fish - giving you better shot and landing many more big ones.

This is going to be  a big year for cane pole crazy.. did I just plug that group again? I think Joe fishes "Nano" style which is beyond micro. From my experience, most people have never fished ultra light - Nano or Micro would blow their mind. One thing you can use the micro system for - you can catch your own shiners!!! Better than bait store shiners.

Photo 1 - Trophies for Joe. If you can put a hook in these- that same hook will catch you a 4 lb. bluegill.

Note the effectiveness of micro fishing. In both photos- see the prune hands - this is from handling a lot of wet fish.

Micro can't be equalled.

Photo 2 is a never-before released picture from last May's 24-hour fundraiser. This is 2 hours after when the prune hands had gone away, post hand cream. Those marks from the dorsal and pectoral fins of the 2,011 fish that I handled that day and some that got away - micro fishing.

[Keith Ritter]

I've always caught bait fish, many small farm ponds in this area are over populated with warmouth and bluegill so they never get very big. As a kid I caught a 100 in a couple hours I had a pond on my property like this but lost the fish to a drought. A spring fed creek runs along the back of my property that as fish in it all year. I use a number 10 hook to catch chubs,longear,bg,warmouth and bullheads. Many are 2 to 3 inches. I might try to down size my tackle. This photo is of the creek chubs we catch

[Keith Ritter]

Went my style of micro fishing today in the creek. Six fish all chubs no panfish yet. This is a pic of the smallest.

[Joe Angelucci]

Keith

The rig pictured is actually designed for small tanago (bitterling) fishing in Japan. Tanago are considered the world's smallest game fish. I've just adapted the rig for micro fishing bluegill. This spring, I will be using a new hook with a hook point of 1 mm. This should allow me to catch an one inch fish. I have provided a picture of the hooks below.

[Keith Ritter]

Is a one inch bg your goal? I can small bg in my creek but they haven't stared biting yet. I'll start measuring my catch. Is there a website that carries this type of tackle?