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Leader Setup For Stickbaits

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Brandon Khoo:
no, it won't slip if tied and tightened properly. I know - I think I gave myself a hernia trying to break it!  ;D!


--- Quote from: Travis Heaps on January 30, 2012, 10:25:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on January 30, 2012, 09:41:31 PM ---unless I've got it wrong, there is no loop knot per se. It's just a loop.

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Nope, you've got it right Brandon :)  I can't see the knot failing when tied properly, there is just no way it could pull through.  I like it as another option to friction knots and am yet to have any issues casting it.

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Dmitrii Novgorodtcev:
Mark,
I really do not want to do this  :) just thinking of options to avoid using swivel with a stickbait, try something new. Sometimes I am too lazy to retie it by hand every time I want to change the lure... and somehow I do not like option with a solid ring and split ring just from aesthetic point of veiw...

Kamalu Charlot:

--- Quote from: Dmitrii Novgorodtcev on January 30, 2012, 10:35:40 PM ---Mark,
I really do not want to do this  :) just thinking of options to avoid using swivel with a stickbait, try something new. Sometimes I am too lazy to retie it by hand every time I want to change the lure... and somehow I do not like option with a solid ring and split ring just from aesthetic point of veiw...

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I was after the same thing ease of change out and hated the hardware upfront.  I tried everything I could think of and every combo of knots and loops with every sort of protection and it came down to the same thing sharp edges and bends lead to mono failure.  After losing a big GT a few feet in front of me I felt it was no longer worth the suffering.  I can notice a difference in lure performance depending on how much junk is up front but in the end the solid ring to split ring is the best for lazy guys like me.  ;)

Andy Rowe:
Hi Travis,

If it works for you that is great and all that matters, you must have it mastered. I used to use a similar knot some time back but found it's contact with the guides taking the distance off the cast and sounding terrible. Never did any damage to my seven seas GT80Ti which was bullet proof but I don't think I'd like it clanging through my carp guides these days. I am still a bit clumsy with the friction knots but have found they are well worth the practice.



--- Quote from: Travis Heaps on January 30, 2012, 08:04:25 PM ---Hi Andy and Kurt - here's a little write up i did of the knot I'm talking about.  Yeah Andy the tag is pointing back to the rod tip, I've never had it get hung up though.

http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=3565.msg30395#msg30395

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Travis Heaps:
Oh dont worry Andy, youre not the only dubious one- i think im yet to convince a single person to use it ;) :) I dont mind though, i like it, trust it and will continue with it :)

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