How To Rig a LongLiner
Once you have seen how to set up a LongLiner, it will be very easy for you to do it too. It is as easy as threading the line onto a rod. Following are 16 pictures showing you how to rig and use it. You will soon be using the LongLiner like a master, and will wonder how you ever fished without it.
First a quick overview of the LongLiner's anatomy -- in its "unlocked"
and "locked" positions. ↓
Step 1: Remove the staple and your LongLiner package can be easily opened
by sliding the cardboard back out of the plastic front. ↓
The package contains a LongLiner, an instruction sheet, an extra
cam-clip screw, and a screwdriver. The cam-clip screw is adjusted
at the factory, and rarely needs adjustment. Manually tighten it
only if a harder release is needed. ↓
Step 2: Hold the LongLiner in your left hand and turn the brake compression
screw clockwise slowly until the cam arm releases. Then back off the screw
one or two turns. ↓
Step 3: Insert the line from your rod into the narrow end of the LongLiner.
Make sure that the cam arm is unlocked and in a position just below 90 degrees,
as shown. This allows the line to pass through the LongLiner unobstructed. ↓
Step 4: Next, pass your line through the cam-arm guide. ↓
Step 5: Now, pass your line through one of the holes in the line-guide collar. ↓
Step 6: Your LongLiner is now threaded. Pull the line through far enough
to attach your terminal gear. ↓
Step 7: Now snap the cam arm into its clip and the LongLiner will be locked onto
your line. If the brake compression screw is too tight, the cam arm will not clip.
Adjust by loosening the compression screw. If the compression is too light, it won't
lock the line. In this case, tighten the brake compression screw until slight contact
is felt; this should be adequate to lock the line. ↓
Here the LongLiner is set up for trolling where bottom hugging is not important.
This set up allows you to vary your fishing depth from near the surface to near
the bottom. A depth chart is provided with the LongLiner that tells you what length
of line and angle of line to use to fish at the depth you want. ↓
Here the LongLiner is set up for trolling where bottom hugging is important. You
set your dropper leader (leader to the lead weight) to the length (height above
the bottom) you wish to maintain. To avoid losing your LongLiner if you snag bottom,
always use a lighter dropper leader than your mainline. ↓
When trolling lures or baits that spin, always use a bead-chain swivel or a
ball-bearing swivel between the LongLiner and your lure. The length of leader
between the swivel and the lure is typically 2 to 4 feet, but can be longer if
the swivel is spooking fish. ↓
Spoons and wobblers that have their own swivel may be tied directly to your line.
If you experience line twist, add a second high-quality swivel as described with
the picture above. ↓
Spinners can usually be tied directly to your line. If you experience line twist,
add a second high-quality swivel as described two pictures above. ↓
To manually release your LongLiner, as when retrieving your lure or bait, pull steadily
on both ends of the mainline. With sufficient pressure this will release the cam
arm from its clip, allowing the LongLiner to slide freely down your line so you
can retrieve your bait or lure. ↓
Your LongLiner has now been released (unlocked) and will slide down your line so
that retrieval of your line can be completed. ↓
Here is the inventor of LongLiner, Dr. Steven Lumsden, with a nice, bright Silver
salmon caught using a LongLiner. ↓
This is a large rainbow trout taken with a (prototype) LongLiner fishing deep with
a small plug in hot mid-summer. It was taken in a lake known for large and spooky
fish. Leader length behind the LongLiner was over 100 feet. Line was 4 pound test
flourocarbon. ↓
Enjoy your new LongLiner. It will add a new dimension to your fishing.