multi
05-21-2006, 03:01 PM
When you hear of fishing products, ect. what does the term In-line mean?
north_alabama
05-21-2006, 07:57 PM
Well for simple stuff (which is about all I do) in-line usually means something that connects directly between the line coming off your reel and the line going to your bait. Foy example, if you have a bead chain trolling weight that you tie one end to line coming off your reel and the other to a leader that goes to your bait, it is an in-line weight. If you tie to a 3-way swivel with a dropper line to a sinker, then the weight is not in-line. Strictly speaking, a sliding sinker might not be considered an in-line weight.
I think for more sophisticated trolling gear (with boards, divers, downriggers, etc.), there may be other definitions.
Another one: the blade on a Mepps spinner can be considered an in-line blade, but the blade on a spinner bait usually is not.
In-line planer boards would attach directly to the line coming off the reel.
If we haven't touched on your in-line...let us know what it is!