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12-07-2023, 09:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
Posts: 2,883
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A fishing question! Clips...
This is something I haven't thought about in awhile, but I am almost out. Anything new on the market to consider along the lines of breakaway clips other than Tactical Anglers?
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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12-08-2023, 07:07 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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I found a couple packages of Breakaways , I was always losing them.
Any improvements in steel leaders?
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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12-08-2023, 08:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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BKK has a new "fast snap" I tried them but didn't like them.
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12-08-2023, 08:48 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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In 20 years I've found nothing better than breakaways for plugging.
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12-08-2023, 09:22 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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I started out tying direct. I'll go to my grave tying direct.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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12-08-2023, 09:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
I started out tying direct. I'll go to my grave tying direct.
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I love direct tie, unfortunately  , my eyes and fingers are no longeron the same page |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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12-08-2023, 11:18 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
I love direct tie, unfortunately , my eyes and fingers are no longeron the same page |
Joe, I wear 3.5 reading glasses on a lanyard around my neck. Improved clinch knot and I'm done. |
No boat, back in the suds.
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12-08-2023, 12:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
Joe, I wear 3.5 reading glasses on a lanyard around my neck. Improved clinch knot and I'm done.
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yea, I've got break-away mag glasses ii use, it helps a little if they dont fog up- they don't cure arthritic deformed fingers. |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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12-08-2023, 02:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
Posts: 2,883
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
I love direct tie, unfortunately , my eyes and fingers are no longeron the same page |
That is me. I more often than not tie direct, but there are enough times where I am swapping out multiple times, in the dark, over a short period. Before too long, if I don't have a clip, the leader gets too short and I need to tie two knots. |
No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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12-08-2023, 09:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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Quote:
Originally Posted by afterhours
In 20 years I've found nothing better than breakaways for plugging.
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second this |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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12-08-2023, 11:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: New Haven
Posts: 1,267
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I have always used Breakaway clips as well, but the ones i recently purchased seem different than the ones i had purchased years prior. The finish seems different on the new models. They also seem to have a somewhat smaller gap at the opening. I sometimes struggle to get plugs on with the newer clips I bought. They also seems flimsier, weaker and tend to bend out more often.
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It all started last year during a terrible thunderstorm, when I locked myself out of the house. Shelving myself with a large piece of sheet metal, I ran for cover under the tallest tree I could find!
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12-09-2023, 12:21 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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Break-away also.
But, I’ve been using VMC crank bait clips for albies. Noticeable difference in free swing action. 70# rating and low profile. Lots of big beach albies and gators. So far so good
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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12-10-2023, 07:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Somerset MA
Posts: 9,372
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The different brands of breakaway clips I have tried recently seem to have shorter nubs, and I’ve had a real hard time getting lures to bite and get on the clip. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this.
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