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Back Beach · 02-04-2010, 02:23 PM

These things annoy me and thus I haven't installed them on any of my hardwood plugs. As for my pine stuff, It looks like they may be necessary, but I'm experimenting on some of my pine stuff with 1/4" holes and using 330# krok swivels which are pretty narrow and fit perfectly in a 1/4 hole. Add the epoxy coat for toughness and it makes me wonder if you even need these things at all, even on pine?
Lets hear some opinions...are grommets like chrome on a Harley(just for show) or do they provide meaningful protection?

02-04-2010, 02:23 PM	#1
Back Beach Respect your elvers iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: franklin ma Posts: 3,368	Grommets These things annoy me and thus I haven't installed them on any of my hardwood plugs. As for my pine stuff, It looks like they may be necessary, but I'm experimenting on some of my pine stuff with 1/4" holes and using 330# krok swivels which are pretty narrow and fit perfectly in a 1/4 hole. Add the epoxy coat for toughness and it makes me wonder if you even need these things at all, even on pine? Lets hear some opinions...are grommets like chrome on a Harley(just for show) or do they provide meaningful protection?
	It's not the bait At the end of your line It's the fishing hole Where all the fish is blind