I've been chatting a bit with Mike Lohn (21XDC) on seeing if there was an easy way to make an Alabama Rig. This is what I came up with. I found a guy that can get me these for a very reasonable price: (sorry for the picture quality)
Bending the wire around a nail, using some mono fishing line and super glue to pinch the end, and finishing with electrical shrink wrap, I came up with this.
Just need to add split rings and swivels and I am all set!
Steve
2006 Sylvan Expedition Sport
2006 Yamaha F150 TXR s/n 63P L 1041829
Looks like all you need to catch 4 at a time..You might not need a split ring for the tie... But maybe.
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Easy. Why not make one with 3 wires? Also you could look at drilling out a worm weight for the head then slipping some shrink tube over it.
We can make them with as many wires as we want..
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by EasyE »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Easy. Why not make one with 3 wires? Also you could look at drilling out a worm weight for the head then slipping some shrink tube over it. </td></tr></table>
I am bending the original 13" wire in half around a nail to form the eye loop at the top. So I need an even number of wires coming down. As far as the weight, what I have read on these rigs are they are pretty heavy as currently designed. When you start adding 4 split rings, 4 swivels, 4 hooks or jigs, and 4 shad or worms or whatever you want to put as the bait - at least how I am thinking, that will be heavy enough to get to the depths I want to fish. If I want to fish deeper, I can throw and count it down before I start reeling in.
I am sure there are 100 ways to make these things. This is just how we came up with the idea to make it about as simple as possible - and quiet honestly, pretty inexpensive to make.
Steve
2006 Sylvan Expedition Sport
2006 Yamaha F150 TXR s/n 63P L 1041829
Steve, a 5th or odd number wire can be added easily by using the 5th wire to wrap the other 4 at the top with. Then shrink wrap.
We'll see how the 16 inch wires work soon enough.
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I can see that working. Want a read from Indiana DNR before I go much further. Don't want to make 20 of these only to find out they are not legal.
Steve
2006 Sylvan Expedition Sport
2006 Yamaha F150 TXR s/n 63P L 1041829
Feels like throwing a chandelier on the rod...Making these w/o much lead makes these closer to throwing a spinnerbait.
Anyway.. My next batch of wire is 41K, we'll try those too. I dont like how the line can get wrapped around the wire/head when casted. I'll try and figure out a way to prevent this...
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Are you wraping the mono around the wires and then putting the shrink wrap over it?
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by 351mustang65 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Are you wraping the mono around the wires and then putting the shrink wrap over it?</td></tr></table>
I would think that a bass flailing around would break something unless you wrapped in small copper wire and soldered instead of just monofilament with superglue and heat shrink.
Modified by rolloman at 6:25 AM 1/10/2012
Well I made one. It's probably the worst looking A-rig ever assembled but I gave it the tub test and it works good.
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by 351mustang65 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Well I made one. It's probably the worst looking A-rig ever assembled but I gave it the tub test and it works good.
Nope mine looks way worse, but i have caught a fish on it
Derek Chance
2021 Nitro Z19 Pro 200 Mercury ProXs
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What wire are you guys using? Where do I get it? And mine looks the ugliest. I made it out of a kitchen wisk. No kidding. But I have a pic with a 8lb hybrid bass on it and caught DD just this last week on it.
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by wormonahook »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">What wire are you guys using? </td></tr></table>
I used survey flags. They come pre-cut and cost ¢19.
Works for me.
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