to split ring? or not to split ring?
 

on the rear hook?? ya know.

and another ???
how the heck do you completly close these stainless siwash open eye hooks???

Split ring always Mike! Makes it dance real perty!;)

I buy closed, otherwise just crimp it more with some wide pliers.:D

pliers no worky.
stainless has too much memory and springs back a little

Bigger pliers :hihi:

I've also heard many say to use the tinned siwash hooks and not the stainless. Less brittle.

-spence

U can lean on a pair of big channel locks or put it in a vice.Stainless is the way to go 5/0 an up when u wrap somethin on it.No rust.I usually file the point down some.

split rings
 

I prefer to use split rings. Only problem is on some lures if you have a split on middle and rear, the "hook length" can be so long as sometimes the two hooks snap each other on casts and retrieves. But I prefer them anyway.

Lineman pliers

Mike,
I have a pair of small pliers that also have a side cutter feature along one side. These have a couple of different slots in the plier jaws that the loop fits into and will not slip so ya just put a little muscle to them and the siwash closes right up!

Mike at M&D's carries a larger size of the pliers I am talking about.


Russ