Crimp Swivel Thingies

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Conor P

Crimp Swivel Thingies

#1 Post by Conor P »

Now we had this subject once, and alot of you hated them, but I'm not sure you've tried these:
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#2 Post by fishinmidget »

meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
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fishinmidget wrote:meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
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#4 Post by fishinmidget »

can ya send me some :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

i dont use them on my competition rigs but i find them great on the beach when your lazy...have never tangled on me either.
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#5 Post by jd »

Smarties are handy-I'm keeping them!
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#6 Post by EricH »

Yeah, they are right handy, my mate picked up about 30 packets of them in Spain during the summer for €1 each . .i donbt use them for compo gears but always keep a pack handy in the wallet for knocking up emergency rigs etc.
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#7 Post by MC »

ok so whats the difference between these crimps and smartrig "smarties"?
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#8 Post by EricH »

Sorry, my mate brought back those "crimp swivel" ones, dunno about the smarties . . !
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#9 Post by jd »

smarties...
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#10 Post by daithi »

jd wrote:
fishinmidget wrote:meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
telephone wire??
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#11 Post by Seancelt »

daithi wrote:
jd wrote:
fishinmidget wrote:meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
telephone wire??
Hi Daithi,
You can use the very thin, coated wire in telephone wire as stop-knots, it also has the advantage of being re-positionable.

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#12 Post by corbyeire »

jd wrote:smarties...
ah, so thats the name of those yokes!
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#13 Post by daithi »

Seancelt wrote:
daithi wrote:
jd wrote:
fishinmidget wrote:meh...i think they are all the same except the smartrig "smarties" those are great. :D :D
I have buckets of those, but I think I'll use beads, swivels, and telephone wire for the foreseeable future..
telephone wire??
Hi Daithi,
You can use the very thin, coated wire in telephone wire as stop-knots, it also has the advantage of being re-positionable.

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#14 Post by Conor P »

If you are all obsessed with these smarties I'll give them a try, when my new hooks arrive....
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#15 Post by stevecrow74 »

i cant really fault the smarties.. anytime i have 'borrowed' a rig from midget they seem to last a good while..

i usually get the yellow ones as they are good bait clips too :wink:

the red ones are the ones with swivels

wonder will M&M's come up with some :lol:
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