The 18 foot braid you use is comparable to the 25 foot 50 pound mono I use. I can wind most of the nonwire line onto the spool and break down the rod for storage. That is important to me and my Tyee.
Your Albright knot. You just wrap braid from the loop back? So just around the 7 strand main line and tag? No issues I assume? Most I see most I see have you pull a inch back, pinch and wrap up to the loop, around main line, tag and braid then back through the loop. I like your way better.
Great content as usual my friend. If you are running flashers with this setup how far apart are you running the flasher from the diver and whatever bait/lure you are using
Thanks for this Capt. Russell. I'm switching to these wire slide divers this year to solve last year's dismal production from wire divers on my boat. Its normally just the wife and I fishing and I could not run more than 7' of leader because of the difficulty netting with longer leaders on divers. The short leader really killed my presentation with the clear water on Lk MI and I had very few hits due to this. Good luck to you this upcoming season!
Great video.. I use a magnum lite bite slide diver for my wire setup. Is there an advantage to the standard magnum slide diver instead of the lite bite?
I’ve seen the surgical tubing placed on the spring arm in most pictures. Does it hold braid more securely to place it in-line with the arm clamping down?
Hi Russell, Is it okay to use a knot like you show in this informative video to add a length of line to the end of the wire to allow spooling all the wire onto the reel even if you're not using a slide diver? My thought is you could always reel the wire onto the reel rather than having to rely on keeping the line taught in the rod when not fishing. The swivel could go on the end of the length of line, be that line braid, mono, fluoro or whatever. Thanks Russell!
Good video- do you have any issues with the slide diver tracking as well as mag divers for deep applications(say 80+ feet)? It’s seems like, with a long lead, they don’t pull as hard to the side.