Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:43 pm
Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:54 pm
Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:40 pm
Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:06 am
sparkey+1 wrote:You can only improve your knots by practice mate!!!!!! try it and see how it goes
Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:48 pm
Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:25 am
BillJ wrote:Personally I would recomend knots or sliding stops, the kind used by coarse anglers. This is based on having the metal crimps slip down the mail trace line under the pressure of a big fish and loosing what fought like the fish of a lifetime. Several jerky bounces on the rod as it was almost pulled from my hands and the all went slack. Reeled in to discover the crimps on the top 2 snoods were pulled down to the bottom of the trace.
With the rubber bead stops, they slide easily along the line when the trace is wet and there is not sufficient friction to damage the line. Also have the advantage that you can easily change the position of your snoods on the trace.
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:23 pm
roger de dodger wrote:BillJ wrote:Personally I would recomend knots or sliding stops, the kind used by coarse anglers. This is based on having the metal crimps slip down the mail trace line under the pressure of a big fish and loosing what fought like the fish of a lifetime. Several jerky bounces on the rod as it was almost pulled from my hands and the all went slack. Reeled in to discover the crimps on the top 2 snoods were pulled down to the bottom of the trace.
With the rubber bead stops, they slide easily along the line when the trace is wet and there is not sufficient friction to damage the line. Also have the advantage that you can easily change the position of your snoods on the trace.
what breaking strain rig body do you use ? i have never had a rig body snap or give way and i leave my crimps adjustable on most of my cascade and flapper rigs ??