02-21-2011, 03:53 AM
I recently purchased a set of 5 "Jigger Totters" ($25) and I thought I'd post a review.
Basically I'd say they're worth ever penny, and as I understand it it's an Idaho guy that makes them so its pretty cool to support somebody local. I've had them out several times now, (though every time I go out I somehow manage to forget my camera [img]../../../images/gforum/blush.gif[/img]). They work great, take all of 3.5 second to figure out how to use them, and at $25 for 5 of them they're pretty cheap too.
It was immediately obvious the first time I used them that they were really effective at picking up normal bites, but I just got back from a quick trip with my daughter where the bites, even from the trout were unbelievably light so I figured this would be a good test. The action was fast enough that I only could get three rods out, but like I said every thing was REALLY light. I put out two rods on Jigger Totters and held one rod with my flasher and a spring bobber. I caught just as many fish on the Jigger Totter rods as I did with the one I was holding, including a really nice crappie, so they're sensitive enough even for panfish bites.
The only thing that I could even come close to complaining about them is that when I set the hook in a hurry sometimes the top bar goes flying (though it comes with a foam piece for flotation just in case it lands in a hole), though this varies with the width of the handle of each rod, and the issue could certainly be fixed easy enough.
All in all I would totally recommend this product, mostly because it works great, but also because they're made by a local guy (I'm pretty sure).
Here's the web site:
[url "http://jiggertotter.webs.com/"]http://jiggertotter.webs.com/[/url]
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Basically I'd say they're worth ever penny, and as I understand it it's an Idaho guy that makes them so its pretty cool to support somebody local. I've had them out several times now, (though every time I go out I somehow manage to forget my camera [img]../../../images/gforum/blush.gif[/img]). They work great, take all of 3.5 second to figure out how to use them, and at $25 for 5 of them they're pretty cheap too.
It was immediately obvious the first time I used them that they were really effective at picking up normal bites, but I just got back from a quick trip with my daughter where the bites, even from the trout were unbelievably light so I figured this would be a good test. The action was fast enough that I only could get three rods out, but like I said every thing was REALLY light. I put out two rods on Jigger Totters and held one rod with my flasher and a spring bobber. I caught just as many fish on the Jigger Totter rods as I did with the one I was holding, including a really nice crappie, so they're sensitive enough even for panfish bites.
The only thing that I could even come close to complaining about them is that when I set the hook in a hurry sometimes the top bar goes flying (though it comes with a foam piece for flotation just in case it lands in a hole), though this varies with the width of the handle of each rod, and the issue could certainly be fixed easy enough.
All in all I would totally recommend this product, mostly because it works great, but also because they're made by a local guy (I'm pretty sure).
Here's the web site:
[url "http://jiggertotter.webs.com/"]http://jiggertotter.webs.com/[/url]
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