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 Re: To Swivel or Not to Swivel
[Re: The Crappie Guy]
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04/07/14 01:01 PM
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OkieBob
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I use braid on all my rods with a mono leader and I use a #12 swivel to connect the two lines. It's small enough to go through the guides without hanging up and I don't have to worry about tying a line-to-line knot. I always use a swivel........... Yep, Guy taught me this when I switched to braid a couple of years back and if I fished braid, I'd still be using them. But, I didn't like braid and switched back to hi-vis mono and no swivels!
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Re: To Swivel or Not to Swivel
[Re: crappiegetter]
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04/07/14 02:35 PM
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BlueNitro
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I use a swivel when I use two of my hand ties when fishing docks or pilings. I was having issues with the braid breaking at the upper knot so now I tie my 8lb fluorocarbon to one side of the swivel with an improved trilene knot and leave one tag end 8" long and the other one 24" long and then I tie my jigs to these. Braid ties to the other end of the swivel and I have not had any breaks at the swivel since.
When I fish plastic above a jig, I use the VMC Dropshot hook to tie to. Works great and is a all ready assembled and is cheap. And it allows the plastic to swivel.
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Re: To Swivel or Not to Swivel
[Re: crappiegetter]
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04/07/14 03:38 PM
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FW51
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Not a good idea if you are casting from the bank, and it gets hung up in the eyes of the rods. IMO
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Re: To Swivel or Not to Swivel
[Re: crappiegetter]
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04/07/14 04:33 PM
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OkieBob
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FW51, that's why we use a #12 swivel.
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Re: To Swivel or Not to Swivel
[Re: crappiegetter]
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04/10/14 05:21 AM
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FW51
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Thanks I will have to check that out.
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