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07-02-2009, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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I used to use snelled and now use polamar. I think you got the weed thing right , its do to the tag end. I didn't notice any difference in the eel action. I switch because I used to buy pre snelled hooks but couldn't always get the hook I wanted (I became paranoid and wanted bigger and bigger hooks!  ). Obviously I tie my own polamar onto whatever hook I want (8/0 !) . |
Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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07-03-2009, 05:05 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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All snells, all the time. Get the octopus style hooks with the turned back eyes too so you can snug the snell knot right up against it and still have a straight pull on the hook shank.
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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07-03-2009, 11:01 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,038
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Turned down eyes
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Originally Posted by Back Beach
...hooks with the turned back eyes ...so you can snug the snell knot right up against it and still have a straight pull on the hook shank.
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This is how you achieve a straight pull with a turned down eye, and the reason for snelling such hooks I thought.
Why snell a straight eyed hook and lose the straight pull ????
Palomar with heavy leader- why? Huge knot with a breaking strength far above that of the main line???? |
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07-03-2009, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: East Taunton
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I only use snells because I like to snug a rubbercore right down to the hook eye, and the connection with the line is on the other side of the hook eye this way. With a palomar the weight would rub against the knot.
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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ~Ernest Hemingway
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07-03-2009, 12:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
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All palomar all the time.
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07-03-2009, 12:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,574
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Boy, I am so "Old School". Clinch knot for everything.
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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07-03-2009, 12:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
Posts: 1,701
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Snell all my bait hooks, enjoy doing it and the knot 100 percent if done right.
When I lived in Florida, snelling tarpon flies was a necessity ... much better hook set and more secure knot.
For striper fishing, not sure it's always necessary ... but it's a good knot for eel fishing as you get the straight pull.
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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07-03-2009, 02:48 PM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,280
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Boy, I am so "Old School". Clinch knot for everything.
DZ
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Funny you mention that DZ....when my father taught me that knot, he said that was the only one I'd ever need....
Polamar mostly now, but when I actually take the time to sit and tie....I snell a few
but still use Clinch knots exclusively for Tautog, that's what I first learned it on, so I aint' changing a thing. |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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07-03-2009, 01:34 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 6,234
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Quote:
Originally Posted by t.orlando
All palomar all the time.
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