09-08-2009, 11:53 PM
I just wanted to see if I could get a general idea of how often people use swivels (if at all). I'm just curious if people feel they hinder the action of lures or cause any other problems. I use them quite a bit - I guess mainly out of laziness. I usually fish a lot of spinners, jigs, worms, frogs, etc. - all in the 1/2 oz. to 3/4 oz. range. I've started thinking recently that in the long run I might have to overcome my laziness and just start tying my lures on. I've had a few occasions where the swivel failed and I wound up losing a good lure. Other times when using a spinner the swivel seems to get tangled around itself and the spinner (I don't really know how to describe this - if you've had it happen you know what I mean). Then just the other day I was using a frog and the swivel seemed to be fraying the (braided) line. This is the first time I've seen this, caught it in time however. Anyway just wanted to find out if a lot of people use them and if so do you ever have any troubles with them. Thanks in advance.
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