HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

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HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by sellis_414 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:05 pm

I want to try fishing with a corkie and yarn... I have no idea how to set this up. Does anyone have a picture of how to set this up? Or can describe how to do it.

I would greatly appreciate it!
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by sellis_414 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:15 pm

Tom. Thanks for the quick reply. It looks to be the time to learn how to tie the egg loop!
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by curado » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:31 pm

look in the how too section for yarn egg or glo bug it is how i tie my egg loops but you put you yarn into it
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by Amx » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:33 pm

There is a 'how to' section? Guess I'll go look for it. :-)
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by Toni » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:37 pm

sellis_414 wrote:Tom. Thanks for the quick reply. It looks to be the time to learn how to tie the egg loop!
Did you find a good site to learn the egg loop?
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Post by sellis_414 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:55 pm

I just typed it into "Bing" and it came up with a video and ya the knot was simple to learn.
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by Toni » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:54 pm

curado wrote:look in the how too section for yarn egg or glo bug it is how i tie my egg loops but you put you yarn into it
Where is the how to section?
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by Gringo Pescador » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:19 am

sellis, this is my 1st year really figuring out drift fishing and along with that - corky and yarn. This is what I have been using this season. I would be interested to read what others think.

Hope I didn't compress the pics too much.

Pic #1 - I start with a snell knot. (See how to tie it here: http://www.netknots.com/html/snell_knot.html )

Pic #2 - Make sure the knot is tight, then slide the knot up the shaft of the hook (I push it with my thumb nail).

Pic #3 - Push leader back through the eyelet making a loop.

Pic #4 - Put your yarn through the loop.

Pic #5 - Pull the leader back out, closing the loop and pulling the knot back down to the eyelet of the hook.

Pic #6 - A little fluffing of the yarn back over the hook and VIOLA.

I went this way because I already knew and was comfortable with the snell knot. I can tie up a bunch of leaders, then add or replace yarn at will.
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by ckim85 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:34 am

that sounds a lot easier than doing an egg loop...after tieing about 5 egg loops, my hands start to cramp up.

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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by jbball50 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:58 pm

Gringo Pescador wrote:sellis, this is my 1st year really figuring out drift fishing and along with that - corky and yarn. This is what I have been using this season. I would be interested to read what others think.

Hope I didn't compress the pics too much.

Pic #1 - I start with a snell knot. (See how to tie it here: http://www.netknots.com/html/snell_knot.html )

Pic #2 - Make sure the knot is tight, then slide the knot up the shaft of the hook (I push it with my thumb nail).

Pic #3 - Push leader back through the eyelet making a loop.

Pic #4 - Put your yarn through the loop.

Pic #5 - Pull the leader back out, closing the loop and pulling the knot back down to the eyelet of the hook.

Pic #6 - A little fluffing of the yarn back over the hook and VIOLA.

I went this way because I already knew and was comfortable with the snell knot. I can tie up a bunch of leaders, then add or replace yarn at will.
Yup exactly the same way my dad and I tie our corky rigs.

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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by curado » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:04 pm

but watch out those knots come apart
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by Toni » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:36 pm

ckim85 wrote:that sounds a lot easier than doing an egg loop...after tieing about 5 egg loops, my hands start to cramp up.

I can tie about a dozen an hour. I take them to appointments where I will have to wait and tie up hooks and leaders. Right now I have 6 dozen tied and working on the 7th and 8th.
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by curado » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:01 pm

if you want leader to be ready buy mack pips box
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by sellis_414 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:49 pm

Once you get your hooks all set up... Do you use a 3 way swivel to attach the weight and leader? And generally how far off the bottom do you want your yarnie and corkie to be?
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by curado » Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:55 pm

it depends i never run more than 48 inches and nos shorter than 24 inches and i just go to a snap swivel tie a loop into the leader and rin pencil lead or slinky
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by sellis_414 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:08 pm

curado wrote:it depends i never run more than 48 inches and nos shorter than 24 inches and i just go to a snap swivel tie a loop into the leader and rin pencil lead or slinky
On the snap swivel where the snap connects could you tie your leader to that and put a no snag sinker on the snap? (Which was why I was thinking using a 3 way swivel.) I just wasn't sure on the depth you want your yarnie and corkie.
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Post by curado » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:20 pm

you can but by doing that you destroy the snap part most of the time unless you tie it to the eye the snap is on
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RE:HELP!!! Corkie and Yarn setup?

Post by sellis_414 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:30 pm

Copy that. When you referred to the no more than 48 and no less than 24... Is that your leader length or depth from the bottom for the corkie and yarnie? Sorry if this is annoying!

Thanks for all your help!
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Post by Toni » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:11 pm

sellis_414 wrote:Copy that. When you referred to the no more than 48 and no less than 24... Is that your leader length or depth from the bottom for the corkie and yarnie? Sorry if this is annoying!

Thanks for all your help!

He is talking leader length.
I go shorter leader in murky water and longer in clear water.
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

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