Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

ok guys just after a bit of info on bait cannons , age 70+ and a few medical probs i'm not getting the range i used to
with my old warehouse silstar . has anyone here used one or had experience with one , thank you .

Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

ok guys just after a bit of info on bait cannons , age 70+ and a few medical probs i'm not getting the range i used to
with my old warehouse silstar . has anyone here used one or had experience with one , thank you .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvgQJfF1mO4&t=1570s

Due to the rather damp conditions outside today I have been mucking around inside with some fishing gear. Tried a little experiment and it seemed to work. A snake proof jig rig. Plastic coated wire attached directly to mainline with an FG knot. It seems to hold. Just the thing for winter @stingray

Originally Posted by Shearer

Plastic coated wire attached directly to mainline with an FG knot. It seems to hold. Just the thing for winter

It's neat (and I like neat!), but do you need an FG knot? Presumably you're not winding the wire through the rod guides? My concern would be that under high tension, the braid would strip the plastic off the wire.

Originally Posted by MB

It's neat (and I like neat!), but do you need an FG knot? Presumably you're not winding the wire through the rod guides? My concern would be that under high tension, the braid would strip the plastic off the wire.

Yes. I see your point about stripping the plastic off the wire. I hadn't thought of that.
The idea of the FG was to keep a minimal connection. The glorious southern sailfish will slash at anything shiny/making bubbles so you don't want to use swivels of even crimps as they will target them as well as the lure. I was only going to use 100mm or so of wire from the lure so no, it won't be going anywhere near the guides. I have given the knot a pretty through test and they haven't shown any sign of slippage, braking a uni knot connection first. The braid seems to dig into the plastic pretty well. It may turn out to be a waste of time but worth a crack I guess.