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Trevor Williams:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I've got a pretty good set of split ring pliers that I use for jigging and it is quick and easy to change lures so I guess I too will stick with what I know works. :)

Daniel Latif:
99% of my fishing is made up of gamefishing, the Momoi escape proof swivels in question have a pretty bad reputation of opening for no reason, hence no one really uses them over a regular snap.  I cant say whether it would be too much weight at the front of a popper, but if you buy a quality snap swivel then I doubt very very much they would open up, at least they dont on 1000lb blacks in Cairns ;)

The Sampo tournament Snap Swivels are the best you can buy, the heaviest is rated to 300lb so I doubt it will fail you if you choose to go for a snapn rather than a solid ring.....only thing is the Sampos will cost you about $9 each.

Jon Li:

--- Quote from: Peter Childs on July 22, 2008, 05:21:45 PM ---
--- 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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Hi Trev ,

Uni knot will work to the eyelet of the lure or to the solid ring , I have never seen a knot affects the popper action and if it does , I am not aware of it .

Jon .

Jon Li:

--- Quote from: Daniel Latif on July 22, 2008, 07:03:08 PM ---at least they dont on 1000lb blacks in Cairns ;)


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In black marlin fishing one uses mono which will stretch some 30% + before breaking , in GT fishing one uses PE line which has not much stretch at all , the impact from a strike from big GT is far greater .

I have seen Sampo ballbearing swivels obliterated upon strike by GTs in Komodo and there are cases of 290 lbs. barrel swivel on the lure that met the same fate . As for snap connected to the eyelet of the lure , it will open up if a fish strike the lure at the approximate areas of the head which GT and other predators tends to do .

Jon .

Travis Heaps:

--- 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 - what is the reason you prefer the barrel swivel to the ball bearing swivel?  I've been using Owner Taff Jig Spin size 3 and 5 ball bearing swivels on my twisted leaders and haven't had any trouble with them - but I don't get to test them all that rigourously.  I have noticed that a lot of lures come with large ball bearing swivels however.  Thanks.

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