06-19-2007, 05:23 AM
Cool beans, jaksonlaker! I've never fished Lake Ontario myself.. One place that I should add to my 'Places to fish' list, though. Yea, we all had a great time out there! My friends up at the Riverside Boat Club gave me some water info to start out with that made the fishing a bit easier. Thanks to Rob and the guys!
The Slide Diver is very similar to a Dipsy Diver except its design has pretty much made the Dipsy obsolete. In comparison - With a Dipsy you're attaching your main line to the front pin swivel of the Diver and then attaching your leader to the rear swivel resulting in a set leader length (length of your rod or shorter). Also adding a piece of awkward hardware tied directly to your line thats not very fun to deal with when fighting a fish. With the Slide Diver your main line threads through the front pin and into the diver body itself where it passes through a piece of surgical tubing (that the front pin pinches when pulled back to the set position) and out the back of the diver. You then thread a single bead and attach your main line to a bearing swivel and leader. *Here's the kicker!* When the Slide Diver trips - the line pulls through the diver (its free floating or "sliding" on the main line then stops at the bead/swivel. This results in a free spinning or "sliding" diver that gives you the ability to adjust your lead lengths as short as your leader or as long as you could possibly want 'em.
I can gaurantee that if a person who uses Dipsy's tries Slide Divers he'll shelf the Disey's as back-ups! There's better hook-up/netted fish ratios, more sensitivity from less drag since you're not fighting a directly attached piece of hardware and they offer more flexibility in presentations from its ability to adjust your lead lengths.
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The Slide Diver is very similar to a Dipsy Diver except its design has pretty much made the Dipsy obsolete. In comparison - With a Dipsy you're attaching your main line to the front pin swivel of the Diver and then attaching your leader to the rear swivel resulting in a set leader length (length of your rod or shorter). Also adding a piece of awkward hardware tied directly to your line thats not very fun to deal with when fighting a fish. With the Slide Diver your main line threads through the front pin and into the diver body itself where it passes through a piece of surgical tubing (that the front pin pinches when pulled back to the set position) and out the back of the diver. You then thread a single bead and attach your main line to a bearing swivel and leader. *Here's the kicker!* When the Slide Diver trips - the line pulls through the diver (its free floating or "sliding" on the main line then stops at the bead/swivel. This results in a free spinning or "sliding" diver that gives you the ability to adjust your lead lengths as short as your leader or as long as you could possibly want 'em.
I can gaurantee that if a person who uses Dipsy's tries Slide Divers he'll shelf the Disey's as back-ups! There's better hook-up/netted fish ratios, more sensitivity from less drag since you're not fighting a directly attached piece of hardware and they offer more flexibility in presentations from its ability to adjust your lead lengths.
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