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Old 06-10-2002, 09:13 AM   #6
STEVE IN MASS
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If the beads are free sliding, I suppose that is okay. Fishfinders are touchy things......if they are laying the way they are supposed to, they do their job. But all you need is one loop or twist of line around them, and they won't slide down the line like they are supposed to, and many times surfcasting, that is what happens. (Boat or bridge fishing is a different story.) And usually, if you get a cast where they are free moving, on the cast your weight goes one way, the bait the other, shortening your total cast distance. (Not always a bad thing, but if you need the distance......)

That is why I have MOSTLY moved away from using them. I would think the the beads may exasperate the possiblity of the loop or twist, but maybe not.

But I know a lot of guys swear by fishfinders,

So.....what does anyone else think?
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