Newbie Question - How To Set Up Line Using Squid Jig?

[rocksy]

i'd like to add, if you letting a baited jig drift under a float.

use either a suspending braid/fused line (fireline) or mono/flourocarbon main line wont sit on the suface like most braid and cause the float to drift faster than required.



Having said that many people use braid anyway with great results.

Also i agree, 50lb shock leader is overkill to the extreme. i would never use anymore than 20lb shock leader for squid, and that is even overkill.



if you purely casting size 2-3 jigs on a spinning outfit i'd run 10lb mainline for the snaggy country and 6-8lb for the other stuff. If you rod and reel allow using such lighter line you'll cast it plenty far enough and have much better control over the jig and feel a hell of a lot more squid grabbing it.



I can feel much more on my lighter squid outfit than i can on my heavier rod with 10lb>10lb. 8lb>8lb is perfect in my opinion