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Crimping solid rings.

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Darren Cook:
Hi, new to this forum. Some great stuff here.

My question; Is anyone crimping their solid rings to leaders for jigging?
I realise that most leader is easily tied....... but was just thinking crimps should be strong enough and neat. Was thinking of maybe using 2 quality crimps and sliding over either heat-shrink or glow tube or just leaving crimps bare.
Any thoughts on pro's and con's?  cheers Daz.

Ben Keller:
Hi Daz,
Welcome to the forum.

I have just moved from knots to crimps with my jigging. I use 2 crimps, one close by the solid ring (with some protective tubing) then twist about 6 inches of leader back up itself and crimp the second one. The second crimp and the additional twists are just for some additional abrasion resistance to the cuda, and for piece of mind.

I lost a couple of fish with the knot tightening down on itself and snapping under sudden shock. Havnt had the same problem with crimps.

I wouldnt worry about heat shrink, for me fire and fishing line is not a sweet thing in any circumstance. Plus its just another thing to have to do.

A possible con may be super fussy fish may be put off by the additional 6 inches of doubled up line, but having said this I cant prove it as Im normally the only one jigging on the boat and my biggest fish so far has been taken on this rig, and my catch rate seems exactly the same. The extra abrasion resistance is well worth the possibility of spooking fish for my situation.

Cheers
Ben

Greg Burt:
Darren, I don't know anybody that ties the jig connection, I use a bit of line guard [tubing] on the loop and two crimps, nice and neat and never had a failure there. ;D

Cam Foley:
Crimps are the way to go never had one move although if you are using owner solid rings a line guard is a must.I use a 1.3mm crimps on 150lb leader and use two but only 1cm apart.

Che Carson:
It sounds like its done different over east ???

Most of the guys jigging sambos on the west coast and running heavy drags tie there mono leaders straight to the swivel. A three or four turn uni knot is more than good enough. I have been using this system for 4+ years and haven't had a problem yet.

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