Snap swivels vs knot straight to the lure?

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Re: Snap swivels vs knot straight to the lure?

Post by mazman » Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:37 pm

Clips for pretty much everything for me, the style adrian has shown are great for lighter lures
bowl wrote:
Basti wrote:
bowl wrote:Neither
you're a telepath?

snaps for everything
Use a loop.
A loop is also a knot....
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Re: Snap swivels vs knot straight to the lure?

Post by dazz999 » Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:37 pm

Nude up wrote:
Mattblack wrote:
Nude up wrote:I use a lure clip for squid jigs and small hard bodies. Roller bearing snap swivel for larger hard bodies and larger soft plastics but for light soft plastics I tie them on using a loop knot
Are there many benefits with a lure clip over a snap swivel?
Mainly it’s hard to find a really small light roller bearing snap swivel that will not affect the lures action, lure clips are very light
Gamakatsu hyper ez snap with hyper swivel ?

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Re: Snap swivels vs knot straight to the lure?

Post by bowl » Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:46 pm

mazman wrote:Clips for pretty much everything for me, the style adrian has shown are great for lighter lures
bowl wrote:
Basti wrote:
bowl wrote:Neither
you're a telepath?

snaps for everything
Use a loop.
A loop is also a knot....
K thought it was a little different ,knot is not directly tied on jig swivel....

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Re: Snap swivels vs knot straight to the lure?

Post by Basti » Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:26 pm

bowl wrote:
Basti wrote:
bowl wrote:Neither
you're a telepath?

snaps for everything
Use a loop.
got me there :notworthy:

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