Breakaway Clips

[basswipe]

It was also a pencil I lost my plug on...curious.

[Bob Thomas]

I had the same experience as you, Slip. The way I figured it, the plug was dancin' so much, on one twitch, the plug rode up into the beginning of the clip. Intertia of the next twitch pulled it through.

I'm going to try that idea with the shrink tubing...seems like it might just be the trick!

Other than that, I love the clips....LOVE them!

[Mr. Sandman]

I can envison when working a popper or active plug how it could ride up to the start of the snap then slid off but once you have a fish on I would think the tension is so great that if would not be able to ride up.


I would like to see a photo of this tubing you are talking about.

[Backbeach Jake]

Must be the action of a pencil, which I guess isn't too different from a head shake. I lost a first time out pencil myself with those things. I fired them.

[Bob Thomas]

This is what it looks like. Not the best picture. It's basically black or colored tubing, like a straw, that, when heated, shrinks. It comes in every imaginable size and can be cut to length.

[Redsoxticket]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

go to radio shack. Get yourself some shrink wrap tubing. Cut yourself a small section of the tube. get small diameter. slide tube onto clip as you would a lure. angled bend is on the bottom as you hold the clip. now shimmy that small piece of tube up around the bend at the top. after you clip a lure on shimmy the piece of tubing over the angled portion of the snap. Its just a bit of extra insurance. Personally I did lose a fish on a head shake with them and this will help reduce that. The thing with the clips is that you get soo used to them you dont swap them out often enough. I would never fish a coastlock type clip on two dif trips, but I had been with the breakaways, I guess I got a lil greedy. adding the piece of tubing to form a simple sliding lock and replacing frequently should reduce the fish lost to head shakes. In the fall when I was pretty set on what I was using, I would clip on my plug hold the clip with pliers and hit the shrink tubing with my lighter. The operation itself in type seems more complex than it actually is.

TT, once the lure is clipped into the breakaway w/ the shrunked tubing then how do you get lure off ?

Do yo cut the tubing or slide the tubing back over the bend that is if the tubing was not shrunked to much ?

[ThrowingTimber]

vic, Im only hitting it with the lighter if Im locked into a lure. If Im still flipping through the rows in the bag, i ljust slide the tubing over the angled portion of the clip, I just kind of pull it over, I'm not hitting it with the lighter until I get the nod from the fish on whatever Im throwing, once I get the nod, I hit it with the lighter quick. Doesnt ttake much time at all to cut a few pieces of the tubing and set up a bunch of clips. If I'm thinking of cutting the tubing after its been shrunk, I cut the tube slide lure off clip, cut leader and start off fresh.

Glad to help slip, thats why we're here.

[Skitterpop]

Used by some for covering points & barbs on plugs would work as well or even a crimp

On a few musky sites they have a snap that starts at 175# or there abouts...couldn`t copy pic but the hook end goes through a loop.
Probably kinda of big is my guess. I`m going to get a few in the smallest size to try.

I think they are called String ease?

Mike

[Redsoxticket]

, I understand now.

THX

[gone fishin]

If you are going to go through all that stuff to be sure a clip will work, why not just tye a knot in it !!!!

[ThrowingTimber]

Its sounds like more than what it actually is. You're looking at typed out instuctions. I'm shooting for accuracy her Takes just a couple seconds. Just about the same as fighting, a spro clip while taking waves to the face on a bar at a moon tide! GAWD I love it is it time yet!

[spence]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Are you serious?

Not remotely. A clip made out of that would weigh about a pound!

-spence

[Bronko]

I swear by the breakaway clips, just the thought of them makes me want to buy more in bulk.

[PurpelNoon]

Surprisingly, the only thing I dont like about them is something not mentioned: When I'm walking down the beach(to avoid the crowds of course =)), The breakaway cannot be attached to a guide, at least not with ease, when a lure is off. In some situations, I dont like to show what I'm using so I have the plug off and the duolock is perfect for attaching the line nice and tight to the guide.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by PurpelNoon

Surprisingly, the only thing I dont like about them is something not mentioned: When I'm walking down the beach(to avoid the crowds of course =)), The breakaway cannot be attached to a guide, at least not with ease, when a lure is off. In some situations, I dont like to show what I'm using so I have the plug off and the duolock is perfect for attaching the line nice and tight to the guide.

you don't have to attach the clip itself, just loop it thru the guide , then form a loop with the line and pass it onto the clip like you would a plug. take it off the same way in reverse, simple. ya just need 2 hands to do it.

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by PurpelNoon

Surprisingly, the only thing I dont like about them is something not mentioned: When I'm walking down the beach(to avoid the crowds of course =)), The breakaway cannot be attached to a guide, at least not with ease, when a lure is off. In some situations, I dont like to show what I'm using so I have the plug off and the duolock is perfect for attaching the line nice and tight to the guide.

I just attatch it to the line.

[Flaptail]

A strightened clip or hook is not the fault of the product if the product is of quality, whenever I straightened anything out it was my fault. Too much pressure, lack of patience etc, big fish on in a spot where I should have been using much Heavier gear. 99-9/10% of the time it's the andlers fault pure and simple.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

A strightened clip or hook is not the fault of the product if the product is of quality, whenever I straightened anything out it was my fault. Too much pressure, lack of patience etc, big fish on in a spot where I should have been using much Heavier gear. 99-9/10% of the time it's the andlers fault pure and simple.

That's right. I've fished my entire life, and many of my buds say I fight a fish like an old lady. I could count on less than one hand all of the straightened hooks/snaps, though. Actually, you learn to fish locations and use techniques that present minimal potential for gear failure. With that said, I still like the coast lock snaps best as they are easier to work with IMO.