essexman
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Location: clacton on sea essex
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:21 pm |
 
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These act as stops between which the hook length swivel and beads are trapped on the rig body.
Ignore super gluing short lengths of electrical tubing to the line. When you cast, the rig stretch and the superglue breaks free, and some glues are not suited to being immersed in saltwater.
Best of all are the tiny black copper crimps sold for wire traces. The ones sized to take wire diameters between 10 and 15kg are the perfect fit over 50-60lbs mono. The format is a crimp, then a bead, the hook length swivel, another bead, then the final crimp.
Crimps need only a light depression in the middle with proper crimping pliers, not long nosed pliers etc, to hold them in place. The idea is to just press the inner walls of the crimp gently up against the line inside which is enough to stop it sliding, even when big fish are hooked. Don't get carried away and crimp too tightly, nor along the full length of the crimp, for if the line is damaged it can break when casting.
If you want adjustable stops so that you can raise and lower the position of hook length swivels, then use short 3" lengths of telephone wire. This wire is supple and can be coiled around the rig line, then twisted tight to lock it in place.
If you need very delicate presentation, then use line stops made by using 20lb mono knotted directly over the rig body. These tend to slide quite easily, though this is not a major problem. The rigs made with line stops are good when scratching for small fish.
There are some male/female type plastic connectors available that slide onto the rig body taking a swivel between them, then lock in to position by pushing them together. They work well enough, but are very bulky and obvious for correct presentation.
Breakaway also do a coil crimp which are short lengths of coiled wire that coil over the rig line and lock into place. Useful in certain situations, because they can beremoved without breaking down the rig. |
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