Hey guys,
this week, I'm going to show you guys how to tie a sabiki rig
using
a Doritos bag!
So, stay tuned for more.
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So, last week,
uh, we showed you guys how to tie a Paternoster rig
and we had some people asking us to
show you guys how to tie a sabiki rig,
and so I spent all week learning how to do this,
and, um,
I didn't have the flies to tie on,
but I did have, like, packs of chips?
On the inside of them-- have you noticed that it's--
it's all shiny like this?
This is durable and shiny, and it works well.
A lot of people, when the think about sabiki rigs, they think about
catching bait fish with it.
Um,
I agree that it's really good for bait fishing, but
I also caught
many other kinds of fish using a sabiki rig.
Especially if you use a bigger-hooked sabiki rig,
this one is much bigger than the standard sabiki rig,
um ,and I've caught a lot of different kinds of fish with this because it looks like
a bait fish.
Look at that.
Anything that will hit a little bait fish this size
will hit the sabiki.
And now I'm going to show you guys how to tie one.
This rig doen't require too many matierials,
what you're going to need is a swivel clip,
a swivel,
fluorocarbon line,
hooks,
and anything that's shiny,
like, we're using a pack of Doritos.
So what I'm gonna do to start with is I'm just gonna
take some line out,
leave it on here,
and, uh, I'm going to tie my hooks first.
I'm using these hooks for demonstration only,
um,
although, I would totally use these on the surf,
you guys can choose whatever hook size you'd like,
um,
but this is just for demonstration.
I tie it on here because
I-I don't have to worry about running out of line,
I can just cut it afterwards.
So, I suggest you guys start with doing that.
I'm going to tie this with
this neon braid,
again, because it's very, very easy for you guys to see,
and I'm trying to
make this tutorial so that it's
very easy to follow,
and there's no confusion.
Pack of Doritos.
'K?
I'm going to use the inside shiny part.
*crunching*
and-- baiscally,
so you're gonna wanna cut--
ywanna cut the line
like this...
cut a little bit of Doritos like this--
I'm just kidding.
*crunching* By the way,
we're not sponsored by Doritos.....
we are not sponsored by Doritos. We just really like Doritos.
I just really like Doritos.
So, um,
you're going to want to cut a strip of this
'K?
This is what we need.
This shiny part.
We're going to tie some flies onto it.
So now, when I'm cutting this little fly for here,
I like to put the hook on here first.
Just to see...
how much do I need to cut off?
So about right here.
'K?
We're going to make a tail on it now.
By just cutting it like...
that. 'Kay?
[Erin:] So you cut two of the corners off.
Yup, just cut two of the corners off.
So it looks like this.
Now,
it's time to actually tie this
onto here.
And, um,
I've found that if this-- this part here is too wide,
it gets annoying to wrap.
So, make sure that this part
is a little bit thinner.
So taper it in a little bit.
See that?
'K?
So now, this part will wrap around the hook,
and our knot will go right in here.
So now, when I'm tying rigs,
um,
I don't
like to strain my eyes,
so I have this magnifying glass that has a light under it,
and, um,
I can tie really easily because it's
it makes everything huge.
And I can see Dorito cheese all over my hands right now.
Ha ha ha ha
Alright,
so now you guys are getting the magnifying view right now
hopefully that'll be really clear and easy to follow.
So we're gonna tie
this fly
onto this hook.
First, we're going to put the line through
'kay,
one...
and then,
you're going to put it right through that same hole...
two.
See that?
There's a loop up here?
If I pulled this loop, everything would come out.
But I'm not gonna pull that loop.
Make sure you have
enough line on this side, on this end
the tail end
to wrap around this hook 'bout 10 - 15 times.
So, you're going to have to experiment with length.
M'kay? So have this loop
and hold it like that.
Now,
we're going to attach the fly.
Shiny side out.
You got that? [Erin: Mhmm.]
And now, when you tie this,
you're gonna wrap-- you're gonna wrap the tail end
see the tail end right here?
This-- this side is the main leader
this is the tail end, you're gonna wrap it about 15 times.
While pinching, pinching the fly and this loop
on the hook
at the same time.
This is the tricky part,
is figuring out how to hold
the fly
without it moving everywhere.
So I pinched it
and I'm gonna wrap it about 15 times.
10 - 15 times.
One,
two,
three,
four,
five,
six,
seven,
eight,
nine,
ten,
okay?
Now after that,
remember that loop under here?
You're gonna wanna push
this
tail end
through that loop
up
and then
tighten it!
Pull this main line first.
And that'll shrink this-- this little
that'll start pulling this, uh,
this loop away.
So now, once you tighten that,
everything starts to really tighten together.
But you don't want these--
you don't want this line to come off over top of this loop like that,
so keep your fingers here and make sure that that doesn't happen.
So start pulling...
Okay.
Now, now, it'll look much different
when you do it on fluorocarbon,
it'll feel much different, it'll be much easier.
But, um,
this is just so you guys can see how I-I actually do the knot.
So now we're going to cut this tail end off.
So now, once this fly is tied,
give it about
10 inches or so,
cut the line.
And now we've got our first fly tied.
So, ideally I would actually
want this a little bit longer, so I cut this Dorito
bag a little too short.
You're gonna tie about
3 to 6 of these
or however many you want to tie,
check the laws in your area, because
I know in Maryland you're only allowed to have two hooks.
So,
make sure that you're not doing anything illegal.
I'm not going to show you guys me tying 3 more of these,
if you guys need to see it again,
just rewind
pause,
rewind again,
pause,
that's exactly what I did with -- with
the other rigs that I learned how to tie.
Um,
it's just practice.
It's really just practice.
Once we have all four of it tied,
um,
we're gonna get the main leader line out,
And what we're gonna do is we're gonna tie
um,
I'm not sure what kind of knot this is, but it
it's a-- it looks like a figure 8 byt the end of it.
So come in close and I'm going to show you this knot.
This end will be the top of the rig.
Okay?
And, uh, I'm gonna keep it all on the spool
here's the knot:
alright, about 12 inches from the top
you're gonna make a loop
'kay?
You're gonna push this tail end through the loop
is that clear?
Push the tail end through the loop once,
and then
once more.
The same thing, okay?
Now we're gonna
slowly tighten it, you see how it's making a figure 8 right there?
That's perfect, that's what we want.
M'kay?
You're gonna tie that right there and you're just gonna leave it.
That's where-- this is how we're gonna attach
our-- our fly to it.
Here's our fly.
It's gonna go through here.
But,
before I tie that on,
you're gonna wanna tie
however many more
uh,
figure 8's you need.
So, say you have
6 hooks,
that means you gotta do 6 figure 8's.
Equidistant from each other, does that make sense?
Push the tail end of the fly,
this is the fly end right here, okay?
push that in through one side
and through the other
through the figure 8
okay?
Is that--is that easy to see?
Mhmm
Now you're gonna pull that fly line
until
until the fly is very close to it, like this.
Right?
And then, you're gonna tighten
that figure 8 knot
just a little bit so that it holds it.
'Kay? Just a little bit.
Line 'em up like this.
Take the tail end
and
make a loop right here.
Go into the loop four times
into the loop and around four times, one
two,
three,
four,
okay?
Now tighten that.
And to tighten it you just pull this tail end
not too tight!
Okay? Because this is not done yet.
What you're gonna do is hold the main line
and pull
the fly
and look how it slides
it is so satisfying.
You're gonna pull that
until they're
next to eachother like that, 'kay?
So first, pull
your hook
then pull
your main line.
You're basically retightening both of those knots right now.
Cut off the tail end
not too close!
Just incase anything slips, you'll still have
extra material
and that's the first
that's the first fly.
Once you get one tied,
you can do another,
anddd another,
here is an example of, uh,
a fluorocarbon one I tied.
On much smaller hooks.
Look at that!
At the top of this rig
I attach a swivel
and at the bottom, I attach a
a swivel clip.
So that I can attach a sinker to the bottom very easily.
Okay?
Alright,
Now I got-- I want--- ARGHH!
I HOOKED MYSELF!!
I'm good.
I challenge you guys to tie a sabiki rig with some big hooks and big flies,
and try and catch some fish with it
um,
I have done this before in Cabo San Lucas
and it works.
I challenge you guys to tie the same thing yourself
and go out
catch the biggest fish you can,
and post it, share it with us on FaceBook
even if you tie the rig and you don't catch anything,
share it with me, I want to see if I actually helped you guys.
I really-- I'm curious to see
how many people will actually try this rig.
I've had a lot of time
in the past 3 weeks/ 4 weeks because
my knee's busted up,
I can't really... I can't go as fast as I used to go,
uh, so I've been-- I've been sitting here and learning how to tie rigs.
Um, and,
lately, I've noticed that you guys are really
it's actually really helping you guys, you guys are posting on line,
telling me that, um,
that our rigs are working and that it's very helpful,
so,
if this was helpful to you
please
let us know that it was helpful,
subscribe, like,
do all that kind of stuff?
[Erin: Give us suggestions!] Give us suggestions as to what you wanna learn next,
and I do have another question for you guys,
um, so
I was wonder-- I have a lot of peop--
We have alot of people asking us how to tie certain knots, how to tie certain rigs,
um, would anyone be interested
if we made a PDF
where we showed
all sort of different kinds of knots and all sorts of different kinds of rigs that we use
and where we would use it?
Would that be helpful to you guys or not?
let us know in the comments below.
[Erin: We appreciate you guys!]
Thank you guys for watching, we apprec-- we appreciate all the support you guys give us,
and uh, we'll see you next week.