Anyone ever use those pre-made carolina short cut rigs?  They are kind of expensive, but looks handy.

IMHO waste of time and money. I can't think of one single advantage to them, you still have to tie 3 knots, and the sinker can't slide up the line which is a key aspect of a real c-rig. 

Yup,what he said. All it does is save you from having to slide a sinker and bead on your line which takes a whole of 2 seconds to accomplish.It also deadens your feel of the bottom and in my experience gets snagged worse,at least in shell rock that I fish. Also it is my belief(and some may argue) that the fish can feel that weight as well when they pick up your bait. They have to move that weight before you feel the strike whereas a free sliding weight gives you direct line contact with you bait. I took all mine and clipped the wires and used the hardware the right way.

The easiest and cheapest short cut is to make the swivel, leader, and hook assy. ahead of time. You can wrap a few, in various lengths if you want, around a small piece of Styrofoam. Then you have just one knot to tie when it's time to fish. Good luck.

That's just the kind of info I was looking for, thanks.

now sometimes the day before i fish i will go ahead and kinda pre rig my own tho by having the hook and a swivel already tied on so that way i have to slide on the weight and tie off the swivel

The quickest way to tie a C-rig would be to use Carolina Keepers, they are a solid piece of plastic with a slit in the middle, you pinch it with a pair of pliers and put your line through it. It works well for quick rigging.

http://www.***.com/McCoy_McStopper_8pk/descpage-MCS.html

I always pre-tie anywhere from 4 to 6 Carolina rigs in the evening while watching tv with my wife before a fishing trip to save myself time on the water. That's my best advice.

IMHO waste of time and money. I can't think of one single advantage to them, you still have to tie 3 knots, and the sinker can't slide up the line which is a key aspect of a real c-rig.

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short cuts get you know where in life except lost 

IMHO waste of time and money. I can't think of one single advantage to them, you still have to tie 3 knots, and the sinker can't slide up the line which is a key aspect of a real c-rig.

Me either...

8-)

The carolina keepers mentioned earlier work really good. I will use 2 of them when throwing anything over three quarters of an ounce because I have had them to slide down the line some. Another thing is the typical carolina rig will sometimes allow you to only break off your hook and leader when getting hung up, with the carolina keeper you will either lose the whole rig or if the weight is what is hung up the keeper will slide down the line when you are trying to pull the rig loose. If the keeper slides down the line, I like to cut that entire section of line off before retying.

When I first saw these redi-rigs I thought they were a great idea.  After 20 minutes of using them, I didn't - for all of the reasons listed previously.  These items now have an honored spot in the "box of bad ideas" in my shed.

When I first saw these redi-rigs I thought they were a great idea. After 20 minutes of using them, I didn't - for all of the reasons listed previously. These items now have an honored spot in the "box of bad ideas" in my shed.

Clip em and use the swivel,sinker,and bead(s) on an actual c-rig.Least they're good for something that way.

They are all right but I prefer making my own. Not really a short cut.