Which Is Better, Tieing The Jig On Or Using Swivel Snaps?
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Which Is Better, Tieing The Jig On Or Using Swivel Snaps?
Tie!
If you use a snap swivel, the jig won't hang horizontal in the water.
Don't tell my jighead maker (he gives them to me) but when I get hung if the hook don't straighten right out, I snatch it and break it off. I use a lot of jigs. If I lost a snap everytime, it'd get expensive, as I have to pay for them.
Thanks, I'll Try That. I Fished With Jigs For About Two And A Half Hours At The Marina Yesterday Evening And Had Just One Hit But Nothing Else. Tried Different Colors, Verticle And Casting But No Luck. I Was Wondering If Tieing Them On Instead Of Using Snaps Would Help.
Probably knot. ha ha. If they was bitin' good you'd catch them snap or knot. But I reckon if they are real finicky it might help to have the knot. I fished for 6 hours last Sun. I caught 1 crappie and my brother caught 1. he had a snap on his jig, I didn't. Mine was a keeper, his wasn't. Had to be because I tied directly to the jig.
Yeah! I'm Sure That Was It.
I am not a knot expert. I only know one way to tie a hook. I don't think you would get the desired action with a snap. I have tried three way swivels when using tandum hooks and didn't like the weight above my jigs.
DP
I use both a knot and sometimes a No-Knot Fast Snaps, I don't like swivel snaps, but that is just me. Here is a link to BPS for these snaps, but you can find them cheaper at jannsnetcraft.com and I think Cabela's carries them now also.
http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults
You may even want to go to a loop knot to tie your jig on so it is more free.
THE NO-KNOT FAST SNAP, DO TIE IT WITH A SPECIAL KNOT? DOES IT ALLOW THE JIG TO HANG PROPERLY?Quote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
The jig is free to swing on this and you can tie it with a Palomar or a Uni-knot. I have used the Palomar almost exclusively since the late 60's I think and it's a great and easy to tie knot. However I have started using a Uni-knot more the last couple of years. It started when I was tying some 100# test mono and I really couldn't get them Palomar to work very well at all. So I learned the Uni-knot and really liked it a lot so I use it quite ofter on things like the no-knot snap.Quote:
Originally Posted by BUCKET HEAD
Hope this helps
One more thing....they are really small so you may want to see them in your hand before deciding on size. Think I have 2 different sizes and am not sure what the smaller one is, but just remember the small is very small!
I use these. They are cheap. Hardly any weight to them. And I can change up my lure in about 2 seconds.
http://www.anglersupply.com/images/models/2116.JPG
I use those too, but not when fishing small jigs. Anything under 1/8 ounce any hardware is too much and you should tie right to your lure. Small swimming lures wobble more if you use a snap, but once again you need to avoid too much hardware. I use the size1 snaps myself, but 1/16 or smaller I tie on.
WHAT ARE "THESE" CALLED?Quote:
Originally Posted by freeflow_23
http://image.basspro.com/images/imag...000/44469a.jpgHere's the No-Knot Fas Snap. I use the large size, which I think is about 1/4 in. 12 years ago, I fished with a friend that used these, while I tied a set knot to have mine hanging horizontal. For 1 whole year, he outfished me 3 to 1 from the same boat with the same jigs. This was with either of us in the front of the boat. I will not go back to a SET knot ever and will use these snaps until they don't make them any more. I changed to them that year and have greatly increased my fish intake since. The set knot was how I grew up fishing for crappie and was hard to get away from and try something new, but I'm glad I did.
Cabela's calls them Duolock Snaps. Not sure what others call them. Their catalog has them in red, black or silver.
Duolock is a brand name. I believe duolock developed them and people call them that like people call tissues kleenex's. As far as I know they are simply called snaps. I've used then for longer than I can remember. What I like about them besides the ease of lure changes is that you waste less line retying knots. With the new tougher lines I can go quite a while before I need to retie a snap. Over the course of a season it may mean one less reel respooling. I tried the fast snaps once and found they were difficult to use and the design seems like it would pull straight under pressure
Bucket Head.......If you can tie the surgeon's loop no snap is
needed, the jig is free to move & hang just as it would in a snap.
I have used the snaps, but, I prefer the surgeon's loop knot over
the snaps.
Bucket Head...Pull up www.animatedknots.com
It will show you how to tie the surgeon's loop.
Was able to find them by searching "snaps" and "fishing". Each brand calls them something a little different.
I use the really small ones for panfish and the larger ones for my bigger crankbaits and larger bettle spins.
If you have rigs that are certain lengths it works out well cause changing up your bait doesn't shorten your rig due to retying.
Like anything they have their pluses and minuses. (sp)
Billy2
Thanks for the link. I'll be using his albright knot, looks like a fast way to join to pieces of mono together
Bridges
jannsnetcraft sells the no-knot style for less than anyone I know. I have not had the chance to try them yet as I have others still.
Here is the link...
http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/line-le...ts/810960.aspx
Thanks To All Of You For Your Input, And The Links.