Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
snap swivel
Trevor Williams:
Has anybody tried these as a connection between leader and popper?. Seems like a quick and easy way to change popper if you need to. Is it too much weight at the front of the popper.
Brandon Khoo:
Trevor, the reason most pepole don't use snap swivels is because there have been very few, if any, on the market that have been strong enough. I think most of us have found the connection via a split ring to be an easy, strong and very reliable connection.
I have seen the one you have posted but have not used it myself. I must admit that it does look very strong but I see no reason to change what I am currently using.
Greg Burt:
They are a good strong connection for Gamefishing, but would be a bit suss on popping and jigging as they may open up when not under tension.
Jon Li:
In my observation , barrel swivel is a better than ball bearing swivel when comes to GT popping using non stretch PE line and the snap is another component to fail and I will never use one .
I use solid ring to splitring to eyelet of the lure connections exclusively to facilitate easy lure changing but if I am not thinking of changing lure due to having more than 1 rod , i just tie the leader directly to the eyelet of the lure .
Jon .
Peter Childs:
--- Quote from: Jon Li on July 22, 2008, 02:44:06 PM ---In my observation , barrel swivel is a better than ball bearing swivel when comes to GT popping using non stretch PE line and the snap is another component to fail and I will never use one .
I use solid ring to splitring to eyelet of the lure connections exclusively to facilitate easy lure changing but if I am not thinking of changing lure due to having more than 1 rod , i just tie the leader directly to the eyelet of the lure .
Jon .
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Jon
Do you use a rigid knot like a uni or a loop knot for this connection? How does the knot affect the poppers action?
Peter
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