A question for the lure anglers
- Bobby Marlene
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A question for the lure anglers
Gentlemen, when you fish neutral buoyancy lures like Husky Jerk or Walk-The-Dog, do you use swivels? I can imagine that these affect the action of the lure negatively due to the weight. Thanks for sharing your opinion/experience. Good night, Bobby
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Re: A question for the lure anglers
You can get away with a loop at the lure end of your wire trace by crimping it but a swivel is essential at the other end. It will effect the lure action to some degree but that's unavoidable. Of course, some of these lures were designed for bass where a wire trace isn't necessary so the lures would act a little better.
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Re: A question for the lure anglers
I use a special wire clip snap link designed for lure fishing.
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Re: A question for the lure anglers
Me too.... I have a braided mainline,with a fine wire trace connected with a crimped on swivel and a tiny swivel snaplink for attaching the lure... seems to work okaySantiago wrote:I use a special wire clip snap link designed for lure fishing.
For drop shotting I use the braided mainline with a fluorocarbon leader with a small snap link swivel (I only do without the wire trace if there are no Pike in the water and I always debarb my hooks)
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Re: A question for the lure anglers
I use them for ultra-lite small lures and catch plenty so they should work well with bigger lures. I use them without a swivel and attach fine wire trace direct to the snap link!
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Re: A question for the lure anglers
Many thanks. I ´ll make up some new traces with a small snap link, best, Bobby