Thread: Planes on Nimrod

Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter

Ok give us the secret to hooking on the front clip. You earned those in this heat. Thanks for posting

little background .... the Planer Boards have a "flag" that acts as a "tattle tale" ... when fish bites and pulls on the line the flags starts going up and down (kinda like a cork going under, Time to set the hook!!!)

Problem was with the OR16 clip ... it should "let go" when you set the hook (snatch like crazy) ... when the front clip lets go the board drifts straight behind the boat and you don't have to fight the board pulling to the side.

Clip photo's ... one side has a hole in the pad .... the other side has a pin that sticks down in the hole. If i put the line behind the pin I couldn't get the line to "pop out" when I snatched the rod. When I put the line in front of the pin I couldn't get it to stay in as the board was pulling to the side.

What worked for me .... I placed the line in the clip over the hole and allowed the pin to push the line down in the hole. The line diameter is important as well ... this is the recommended line for the clips based on my research (.014 line diameter is FAT)