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06-19-2007, 03:28 PM
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yikes!
Lost a decent fish the other night, felt the leader for knicks and the snap felt weird. I have never had one of these open on me but this was getting close.
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06-19-2007, 03:30 PM
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Jburt
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Falmouth
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
Lost a decent fish the other night, felt the leader for knicks and the snap felt weird. I have never had one of these open on me but this was getting close.
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thats exactly what happend to me last year off squibby. except mine was at the end of the braid and i lost my whole leader. |
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06-19-2007, 03:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
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I was out chunkin squid at the mouth of the Saugus River in Lynn, MA this past Sunday. I had been there less than a hour, and the tide had just started to ebb. All of I sudden I hear a thump. I look over and see my 8 foot rod with a spinning outfit doing a balancing act over the pier guard, reel screaming like a victimized woman who took a wrong turn off Blue Hill Ave. I grab the rod, and begin fighting the fish. After a few minutes fighting, I finally get the fish in close. By this time, several other fishermen gather around and one of them shines a flashlight into depths. A four foot sand shark sweeps into view. Spooked by the lights, it immediately dives yanking another 7 or 8 yards of line from the reel. Finally, it tires and I reel it back in. Then as I proceed to lower the bridge net, when the shark is as tired as a 60 yr old hooker, the snap swivel gives. DAMN. Now I'm not saying I would have killed the shark (its illegal), but I would have loved to get a picture. It was the first shark I ever hooked, would have been the first shark I ever caught.
I can relate bro....
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06-19-2007, 04:02 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Jim,
She must have given a few real good head shakes or gotten the plug against a rock in order to get the leverage to open that end of the clip, no? It was the end with the 90 degree bend that opened, correct?
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06-19-2007, 04:22 PM
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must find the fish
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Shore Ma
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my buddy lost a fish to an open snap swivel about a week ago.. i hadn't ever seen it happen before. is this a disturbing trend in the quality of snap swivels these days? who knows... 
Last edited by GonnaCatchABig1; 06-19-2007 at 04:30 PM..
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06-19-2007, 04:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Beverly
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Jim maybe you shouldn't use paper clips for snaps 
Just kidding thats a shame, especially if it was a nice fish |
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06-20-2007, 11:40 AM
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Fish Hound
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Shrewsbury, MA & Mashpee, MA
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Originally Posted by Squibby17
Jim maybe you shouldn't use paper clips for snaps |
funny cause i thoughtt it looked like the same thing at first  |
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06-19-2007, 04:00 PM
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Canceled
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Location: vt
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Was that the little snap?
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06-19-2007, 04:28 PM
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Someone argued with me last spring at a show that this NEVER happens to Breakaways. There you go...
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06-19-2007, 04:33 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
Someone argued with me last spring at a show that this NEVER happens to Breakaways. There you go...
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06-19-2007, 05:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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I don't use them anymore, but I've never seen one bent to hell and gone like that.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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06-19-2007, 05:28 PM
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Australian Ambassador
Join Date: Jan 2007
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I've been using those breakaway snaps, both the large and small versions, for a few years now and I've had good luck with them, although I've never caught anything real big that might have tested one. I did notice that the last batch I purchased from Cabelas this past winter seems to a slightly different color than some older ones I've got, makes me think they might have changed the metal composition that they're made of. Anyone else notice this?
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06-19-2007, 07:25 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Yeah..that worried me too. The last ones I got had a kind greenish tint to them. The old ones were stainless steel color. They look the same otherwise. They both say stainless steel on the package. I wonder if there is a difference?
I think the plug was twisted funny on the side of the fishes head and it put a torque on the snap. I didn't loose the plug but about half way thru the battle it broke free. I wasn't a monster but it was decent. (it was the large snap)
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06-20-2007, 06:29 AM
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Fish Hound
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Shrewsbury, MA & Mashpee, MA
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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
Someone argued with me last spring at a show that this NEVER happens to Breakaways. There you go...
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just goes to show u that we can all be humbled 
Last edited by Gunpowder; 06-20-2007 at 11:39 AM..
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"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.....pursue those."
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06-20-2007, 07:39 AM
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Canceled
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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
Someone argued with me last spring at a show that this NEVER happens to Breakaways. There you go...
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Never say never... |
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06-20-2007, 06:52 AM
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Split rings increase your chance of being cut off if you tie direct...the sharp edge of the split ring will move against the line and cut it...usually at the worst possible time. Used to use them but too many failures so I use a loop knot direct now.
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06-20-2007, 08:48 AM
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Respect your elvers
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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
Split rings increase your chance of being cut off if you tie direct...the sharp edge of the split ring will move against the line and cut it...
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Scott,
I don't think it happens any more than tying direct to the lure eye. With either case, you need to check the knot frequently for integrity. Also, you need to tie on to a split ring where it is only single stranded, not where it is doubled up. Otherwise, what you suggest happens will happen, and at the worst possible time.
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