| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug? |
 |
08-20-2004, 07:07 PM
|
#1
|
|
"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
|
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???
|
|
|
|
|
08-20-2004, 07:14 PM
|
#2
|
|
BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
|
Split ring always Mike! Makes it dance real perty!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
|
|
|
|
|
08-20-2004, 07:15 PM
|
#3
|
|
BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
|
I buy closed, otherwise just crimp it more with some wide pliers.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
|
|
|
|
|
08-20-2004, 07:20 PM
|
#4
|
|
"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
|
pliers no worky.
stainless has too much memory and springs back a little
|
|
|
|
|
|
08-20-2004, 07:26 PM
|
#5
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
|
Bigger pliers 
I've also heard many say to use the tinned siwash hooks and not the stainless. Less brittle.
-spence |
|
|
|
|
|
08-20-2004, 11:14 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08-21-2004, 02:18 PM
|
#7
|
|
Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
Posts: 801
|
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.
|
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
|
|
|
|
|
08-23-2004, 07:29 PM
|
#8
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 1,269
|
Lineman pliers
|
"Sometimes you eat the bear and, well, sometimes... the bear, he eats you." _____________________
Support your S-B sponsors
--------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
|
08-24-2004, 06:48 PM
|
#9
|
|
Guest
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: RI
Posts: 815
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:04 PM.
|
| |
Hybrid Mode