alan12shot Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Out of interest are any of you guys using this set up when decoying shallow water and what's your thoughts on it? cheers 12 shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Cant see a big advantage if your on foot, shallow water boat use yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Its how I have mine rigged for splashes , the advantages are they rarely tangle , very quick to put out and very easy and quick to get back in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popgun Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 I've never used Texas rigged decoys I shoot from a duck punt in about 2 to 4 feet of water with about 20 decoys all single rigged will there be much of a gain if I use a Texas rig, if so can anybody tell me how to make this Texas as I've not got a clue. Thanks Pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Texas rigging is a single rig . Plenty of how to videos on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbOz-dgp_UU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) I`ve used it in water depths up to six feet+. The advatage to it under those circumstances is that, if picking up by boat or loading the decoys straight into a bag, by sliding the weight up to the decoy the looped, loose end of decoy line,now without any weight, simply does not tangle in the same way that it would if the line still had the weight at the end. You can sling the deeks on the floor of the boat or straight into a bag without having to wind the line around the neck or keel of the deek. Especially useful in the dark. You may well want to sort them out before you use them again, but the days of a birds nest tangle caused by fixed weights misbehaving at the end of the tether line are almost over. An excellent idea, well worth the effort of rigging your deeks Texas style. Edited July 12, 2014 by mudpatten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry P Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Plenty of fowlers on the American sites moaning that they still tangle like mad if put in a bag after. Just put snap swivels on the end of the line and then simply remove the weight and wrap the line around the decoy. I never get tangles that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Interesting! Can you do a link to those sites? It`d be interesting to see if the Yanks have come up with any solutions to their problems. Save having to reinvent the wheel so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Plenty of fowlers on the American sites moaning that they still tangle like mad if put in a bag after. Just put snap swivels on the end of the line and then simply remove the weight and wrap the line around the decoy. I never get tangles that way Removing the weight also keeps the paint good and allows the weight to be substituted for a stake or long line clip to rig on a mainline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry P Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Interesting! Can you do a link to those sites? It`d be interesting to see if the Yanks have come up with any solutions to their problems. Save having to reinvent the wheel so to speak Just google texas rigged decoys nick. I cannot remember the site I read the most about it, but it was the one with the drawning a duck with a ring on its leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Will do! I must say that the simple idea of unclipping the weight would seem to have a lot going for it. Think I`ll give that a go as well. An idea so blindingly simple I can`t figure out why I`ve not seen it used before! You`re never too old to learn something new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Interesting! Can you do a link to those sites? It`d be interesting to see if the Yanks have come up with any solutions to their problems. Save having to reinvent the wheel so to speak. Have a look here Nick https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=texas+decoy+&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4NDKB_enGB564GB564&q=texas+decoy+rigs&gs_l=hp..0.0l2j0i22i30l3.0.0.0.10072...........0.fJODE7cW8_U Regards H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Get big sea fishing snap link swivels from Veals in Bristol. https://www.veals.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=swivels%20link%20snap&PN=crane%2dinterlock%2d649%2ehtml#SID=78 Will do! I must say that the simple idea of unclipping the weight would seem to have a lot going for it. Think I`ll give that a go as well. An idea so blindingly simple I can`t figure out why I`ve not seen it used before! You`re never too old to learn something new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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