Jim you can look into using a pulley rig, it can give you some of the same benefits of the 3 way as well as still giving you some amount of free play like a normal sliding rig. There is also the running rig similar to what Eric uses. This can be either clipped down or not. As an FYI, those 3 7's I got on Sun night were caught on a heavy pulley rig using 13/0 circles 270 49 stand cable and 125lb mono for the pulley section. I could probably put something together for the board on my tweaks to a heavy pulley rig that I have found effective. Btw I have used Eric's rig as well very successfully.
I use a pulley rig 80% of the time as well. They seem to work especially well with circle hooks.
I didn't know you were a pulley rig guy too Ron.
What are you using for the actual pulley that you tie your main line into and the pulley line slides through? So far the best thing I've found that's working is just a large barrel swivel, but think that could be improved upon. The most needed improvement I've found and do is to put a SOFT silicon bead in line between the hard bead and the knot that ties the sinker onto the pulley line. It acts as a cushion so the hard bead doesn't jam into the knot and knick or slice it, causing it to be a failure point when there's heavy pressure being put on it by the bead. When your hooked up all the pressure is put there and on where the pulley line comes in contact with the pulley, that's why I'm trying to find something with more surface area there, to evenly distribute the pressure onto, then just the loop on a swivel. I suppose using a heavier line for the pulley line, like the 125# you do, solves both those problems in a different way. Those clip downs you turned me onto that allow for off the ground casting are a major improvement as well.
I especially like pulley rigs because if made with a long pulley line length, it will act as a heavy rub leader when your hooked up.
JOE
