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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Just a thought, but wouldn't the lead be too soft to get a tight tailwrap? I would think you would dig right into the lead as you kept turning....wouldn't you still need to put some metal piece there for wrapping?
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Thanks for bringing this up.
In the picture, you can (barely) see that I have a nose grommet in the opening (to the left). Although I've tail-wrapped without a grommet, you do get a tighter wrap with one. I had to drill the opening a little to get the grommet in.
A grommet also helps in another way: This weight was used in the back of a bluefish skipper and I wanted a swivel at the attachment point. To accomplish this I ran wire through the swivel ring and crimped the wire and the ring flat, then thread the wire through the plug backwards. The body of the swivel seats nicely in the cup of the grommet. I "tail-wrap" at the nose of this plug.