Missouri Rigging Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Hey, what is your guy's setup for ned rigging. Idk if I need a long rod or short and the type of action. I like to hear what you guys have. Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 I do all my finesse work - Ned, dropshot, etc - with the Avocet rig. 2000 size reel, 6'6" Medium-Light/Fast rod, 8# mono. Quote
Super User QUAKEnSHAKE Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 Casting 7'6" medium light moderate fast Spinning 8' medium light moderate Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 7, 2019 Global Moderator Posted March 7, 2019 Rod length doesn't matter a lot but I think you'd be best suited with something in the 6-7.5 foot range in a ML/F or XF. Personally, I use a ML/XF 6' 10" LTB with a 30 size Supreme XT, 10lb KastKing Kastpro braid to 8lb leader (if I'm using one). Quote
Russ E Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 I use a 7ft falcon bucoo ml fast rod with a kastking 2000 sharky 3 reel. Line is 10lb kastpro braid with an 8lb copoly leader. Quote
Super User WRB Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 Ned rig started off as a finesse spinning presentation with mushroom head jigs between 1/16 oz to 1/6 oz using light line. I will admit I didn't see this becoming as popular as it did. Today Ned rig is getting harder to define with stick worms from 3" to 5" and hooks to 3/0 and jigs to 1/4 oz. larger hooks with larger soft plastics require heavier rods and line for good hook sets. So what "Ned" jigs and plastics are you using? Tom 2 Quote
ike8120 Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 I got a Dobyns Fury 702SF with a KastKing Sharkylll 2000. This is what fit into my budget. Quote
Super User TOXIC Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 4 hours ago, WRB said: Ned rig started off as a finesse spinning presentation with mushroom head jigs between 1/16 oz to 1/6 oz using light line. I will admit I didn't see this becoming as popular as it did. Today Ned right is getting harder to define with stick worms from 3" to 5" and hooks to 3/0 and jigs to 1/4 oz. larger hooks with larger soft plastics require heavier rods and line tomgetva good hook set. So what "Ned" jigs and plastics are you using? Tom How true. It seems that all finesse presentations (especially those started out West) once they get more mainstream get "bubba'd" up to heavier and heavier lines, weights and baits as the technique spreads. I attribute it to those who just can't leave a technique alone and have to tinker or change it to make it feel more like it's their own. It's ok with me though because I am a hardcore finesse fisherman and I tend to downsize more than upsize. I throw my Ned offerings on a 7ft medium (or M-F depending on the rod manufacturer) spinning with 6lb mono, either a CastAway Skeleton or Quantum Smoke. 1 Quote
WSOzzie Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Use a 6’8” med/fast Zodias spinning paired with a Smoke3 (25 size) spooled with 8lb Yo-Zuri. ? Quote
Super User Oregon Native Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 Seven foot "Drop Shot Special" from Dixie Rods....2500 StellaFA and 8# suffix yellow with 6 or 8 lb leader. Quote
junyer357 Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Dobyns champ 702sf with a pflueger supreme 30, yellow 15# pp8 optional flouro leader. Quote
BigAngus752 Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Up until recently I had been using a 7ft. Powell Inferno M/XF spinning rod. I love how much sensitivity it has for feeling the bottom, even with 6lb mono on it, but it was a bear to cast and I sometimes lost fish because it was so stiff. I recently picked up a Falcon Jason Christie Finesse spinning rod (7ft M/Mod Fast) and I've fished it once. The casting difference was huge and, although I didn't have quite the bottom feel, I had much better control over the fish once it was on. I'm sticking with the Falcon for ned rigs. Quote
thinkingredneck Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Go read Ned Kehde's articles. He just uses cheap fishing gear. One of the points of Midwest Finesse is it is frugal. I think, as best I remember, he uses an old cardinal reel with the bail removed and a Shakespeare med rod. Light braid to leader. Nothing over 1/16 oz mushroom jig. Quote
punch Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, thinkingredneck said: Go read Ned Kehde's articles. He just uses cheap fishing gear. One of the points of Midwest Finesse is it is frugal. I think, as best I remember, he uses an old cardinal reel with the bail removed and a Shakespeare med rod. Light braid to leader. Nothing over 1/16 oz mushroom jig. Funny because I use a GLX 852s and a ballistic LT for my ned duties. Sorry Mr. Kehde. There's a new Zodias 7'3" ML rod that came out recently that seems like it would be the perfect Ned rod. I keep playing with it in my local tackle shop. Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 Majorcraft Don Iovino 6-10 MXF casting rod, with Tatula SV so I can skip when necessary.. Quote
Joshua van Wyk Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Just about any dropshot rod will work well for ned rigs. Personally I use a Shimano Cirado 6'10 ml paired with a Tatula lt 2500. 1 Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 My Lew's Mach Crush Speed Spin combo has become my Ned Rig setup of choice lately. It is 7' Medium Rod and size 300 reel I have spooled with 8# line (mono or fluorocarbon) I used to use a size 100 or 200 reel on a medium light rod. Last year I caught some big Channel Cats on the Ned Rig that made me want to switch to a beefier setup. Quote
Super User Fishes in trees Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 My current Ned Rig is a 5'4" Fenwick HMG spinning rod. Med - extra fast tip, and a 1000 size Shimano Spirex rear drag. The rear drag Spirex is an older reel, a little heavier than the front drag, but it works and currently it is a low priority to replace. Mostly I throw Berkley Nanofil. 12 or 17, I don't know exactly what pound test. I haven't noticed the white nanofil line affecting bites one way or the other. This rig will throw a 1/16 oz jig head with a half sinker z or finesse TRD as far as I've ever needed to throw one. 1 Quote
Super User fishwizzard Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 The best “small open hook jighead with small plastic trailer” rods I have used have been the Loomis MagLight/XFast spinning rods. The power and taper are just perfect for this applacation. Used IMX versions come up on ebay from time to time and they still make them in E6X and GLX Quote
Missouri Rigging Posted March 7, 2019 Author Posted March 7, 2019 10 hours ago, WRB said: Ned rig started off as a finesse spinning presentation with mushroom head jigs between 1/16 oz to 1/6 oz using light line. I will admit I didn't see this becoming as popular as it did. Today Ned rig is getting harder to define with stick worms from 3" to 5" and hooks to 3/0 and jigs to 1/4 oz. larger hooks with larger soft plastics require heavier rods and line for good hook sets. So what "Ned" jigs and plastics are you using? Tom I'm more into z-man line of ned. The trd small stick bait, trd hawg, hula stick and now trd craw. I have it setup on a Lew's rod and reel combo I bought at Walmart. 10 hours ago, WRB said: Ned rig started off as a finesse spinning presentation with mushroom head jigs between 1/16 oz to 1/6 oz using light line. I will admit I didn't see this becoming as popular as it did. Today Ned rig is getting harder to define with stick worms from 3" to 5" and hooks to 3/0 and jigs to 1/4 oz. larger hooks with larger soft plastics require heavier rods and line for good hook sets. So what "Ned" jigs and plastics are you using? Tom Quote
Super User WRB Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 You are using the original Ned rig products 2 1/2 to 4" with light or medium wire hooks. I would up grade the rod to either Iovino Major Craft finesse spinning ot Dobyns Fury FR 702 SF. I prefer the handle design and 6'8" rod of the Major Craft rod. Line, 7 lb Sniper FC or 5 lb Max Ultra Green coploy. I prefer Copoly line foe slow sinking jigs because it tends to stay on the surface so I can see the V the line cuts in the water for a strike indicator, very hard to see FC line as it sinks quickly. Tom Quote
The Fisher Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 St Croix Avid X 6’9” ML Extra Fast with a Daiwa LT2000...8#suffix nanobraid with a 10# Invizix leader Quote
Super User fishwizzard Posted March 7, 2019 Super User Posted March 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, BaitFinesse said: Majorcaft Volkey BFS 68L. Daiwa Pixy Silver Mica with an Airy Red spool. 20 pound Suffix performance braid high vis orange. 8 pound Big Game leader. How much 20lb Suffix are you getting on that spool? I have an Airy Red that I am going to use a ton this year for Ned rigs and other small plast presentations and am still mulling over my line options. Quote
TBAG Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 I've got a new setup I'm going to try this season for ned rigging. Dobyns Sierra 702s and a Stradic Ci4+ with 6lb Yo zuri hybrid. Quote
Missouri Rigging Posted March 7, 2019 Author Posted March 7, 2019 So what is your guy's go to color? I fish bull shoals and norfork where the water is mostly clear. So I'm sticking with more natural color for the most part. Bass do love pb&j here though. I'm looking to expand my colors and try to find one that best works for me Quote
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