Wabowhunter: Your slinky idea is good. But . . . the last issue of Salmon Trout Steelheader had a great article, by Dave Kilheffner, on how to mass produce slinkeys. It was an excellent piece. Also when I do mine I do NOT punch a hole in the squashed up part of the slinky. Instead, I simply put a swivel on each end. Open the swivel and poke it through the parachute cord fabric. Its kinda tricky to do with cross lock swivels, but with practice it can be done. Just my .02