Originally Posted By: elkrun
Originally Posted By: SportJet
Elk - rather than risk breaking the hook why not use a small slip ring to hold it on?


SJ- I'm not sure I know what you're asking... But we were talking about crimping down siwash hooks. They come open eyed out of the package and you have to close the eye with pliers before you do anything with them. I rig all my spoons with a split ring and a barrell swivel, then close the siwash on the swivel. It keeps the fish from gaining leverage when they twist and either bending the hook, or ripping it out. I think the salmon university site has a diagram on making that modification.


I think SJ meant running the siwash's open eye thru a split ring first, rather than through the swivel. That way, you do not need to close the eye nearly as much, as compared to when running the open eye through a swivel first.

Then, attach the swivel to that split ring. And then you'll probably need to attach another split ring to the other end of the swivel.

So you have this rig: hook-SR-swivel-SR


Edited by cheapskate (07/04/08 03:58 AM)