Snelled knots bitten off

 Snelled knots bitten off

 Snelled knots breaking


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 That's not good

Wed, 2018-03-21 17:22

 That's not good

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Use gangs

Wed, 2018-03-21 17:51

Never used snelled hooks and have not lost too many fish using ganged tarpons, IMO keep your rigs simple , the more knots equals more chances of things stuffing up

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Lubricate

Wed, 2018-03-21 20:45

 make sure you libricate (spit) when you tighten the knot. Friction (heat) kills the line.

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Dumb question

Wed, 2018-03-21 19:16

Is it jinki or fluro carbon ?

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A friend and fellow member

Wed, 2018-03-21 21:04

A friend and fellow member was snapping off snells while fighting fish regularly until i showed him how i tie them and since changing i believe he hasn't had a problem. Maybe look at another method of tying snells?

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I noticed

Thu, 2018-03-22 06:33

Snell. Line looping back over. ( on outside)1 cut bang gone.

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I use snells all the time and

Thu, 2018-03-22 14:34

I use snells all the time and have never had a problem, mine look like yours too. I use 120lb and 150lb jinki to do snells.

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