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Topic: 250yds of dropper loops  (Read 956 times)

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Poopsmith

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I saw this commercial for an outfit selling dropper loops that came out of a roll for simple shrimp fly rigs, so I've decided to work on this during the winter months.

I usually have a couple pretied rigs of shrimp flys or a fly to a jig but I think this will be more organized and convenient.

Simple double uni to keep the loop perpendicular then through a dropper loop. There is sometimes an issue with line twist while I'm tying but I can usually get it to twist up  in the loop section and the rest of the line relaxes.

Cheap 50# green line, I wanted 40# but couldn't find it at the store. And this large empty spool that came with some 100lb mono. Might take me a while to tye this up but then ill be set for a while, as long as it doesn't get too tangled coming out!
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What you plan to catch?
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What you plan to catch?

Carpal tunnel and some rockfish/ling next year!
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Every time I mass tie rigs I always end up changing some part of my rigs 1 or 2 trips after making the entire batch I tied useless. Happens without fail.
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This is a great idea. Just cut off the section you need, loop your lure on, and good to go?  Could probably even use the loops themselves to attach to mainline and attach your sinker. How far apart are your loops?
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Wow 250 yds is ALOT of shrimp fly rigs!
I think you got enough for the rest of ur life MrPoops
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Neat way to batch it out!  You might be able to adapt my dropper loop jig to suit this and make it a little easier.  I'm thinking a piece of foam around a dowel where you put the spool so it has some friction as you pull, maybe a crank on the output spool to take up the slack as you make each loop.
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Here is the item I saw, Rig mate. 40$..... https://hardwiretackle.com/products/rig-mate

loops are about 1.5 ft apart, I plan on snipping right below a loop and adding a quick perfection loop to attach to my clip. So 2-3 loops depending if I'm attaching a weight or a jig, then i can pick through some of the shrimp flys I tied last year.
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Neat way to batch it out!  You might be able to adapt my dropper loop jig to suit this and make it a little easier.  I'm thinking a piece of foam around a dowel where you put the spool so it has some friction as you pull, maybe a crank on the output spool to take up the slack as you make each loop.

Forgot to include the link, doh!  https://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=95190.msg1071254#msg1071254
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