03-31-2003, 03:15 AM
[cool]I've been a fan of the snell since I was about 15. I still use it on Octopus type hooks on lighter tackle. Indeed, I also used to actually bend the eyes on my heavy live bait hooks & use the snell, then quit bending the eyes altogether, snelling as in the illustration.
But, I did some pull tests and a large percentage of breaks occurred at the point where the line bends around the hook eye. For that reason I only use it now on Octopus type hooks.
No real need to worry about damaging the snell removing hooks. The knot is VERY resistant to biting/abrasion. The weak link is the VERY last wind on the hook. But HEY! You DO retie after every fish anyway, right? [
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I've been using circles for two seasons now. They usually hook in the jaw as advertised, so no chewoffs, but I also have had a larger number of pullouts with the circles. Choose yer poison! [cool]
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But, I did some pull tests and a large percentage of breaks occurred at the point where the line bends around the hook eye. For that reason I only use it now on Octopus type hooks.
No real need to worry about damaging the snell removing hooks. The knot is VERY resistant to biting/abrasion. The weak link is the VERY last wind on the hook. But HEY! You DO retie after every fish anyway, right? [
] I've been using circles for two seasons now. They usually hook in the jaw as advertised, so no chewoffs, but I also have had a larger number of pullouts with the circles. Choose yer poison! [cool]
Fishslayer
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