Terminal tackle failure

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by PNG

If its a Gibbs it gets changed b4 fishing to one with

I'm not in the habit of paying $20 for a plug and then having to rewire it

Yankee and Gibbs are the only plugs I ever suffered barrel swivel failure with.

Oddly enough--I've never had a problem with the screw eyes on a Gibbs darter.

[Paul/NH]

For stripers and blues, I usually don't change any factory HW with the exception of often changing trebles out for a single Siwash style hook (usually use VMCs).

Last year when I started the tuna chase, I got sound advice and changed out the rings, swivels (when applicable) and hooks on most every of the small selection of lures in my "tuna box" - deadly #^&#^&#^&#^&s, diamond jigs, yo-zuri poppers and swimmers.

I also made darn sure that the yo-zuris were models that were 100% thru-wired.

Some of the local plug builders put out stuff that I woul be 100% comfortable tying on right out of the package, but not the mass-produced stuff, even the higher-end big manufacturers.

Paul