To snap, or not to snap?

[piemma]

my preference is to tie direct. It probably doesn't makea big difference but it's like one plug you use all the time. If you faith in it, then it works. I just have more faith in tying direct. I have fished right beside RIRockhound out on a certain reef and he was using a snap. Didn't make a damn bit of difference. We both caught a ton of good fish.

[bloocrab]

Slip, I can't see it changing the action at all, if we're talking about the snap at the connection point between the leader and the main line. If the leader starts from the same point of origin (the knot on the snap, not the size of the snap)...then the action shouldn't change....I would think, but if we're talking about the snap at the plug, sure it will add a little weight to the lure due to how close it is to the plug, also slightly affecting the action...like adding a little more to the lip