Sliding Snell?

[caine]

hi

i am quite good at tying a normal snell which i use for 2 hook rigs

but i want to be able to adjust my top hook to suit the bait size, as squid always come in different lenghts.

how do you do a sliding snell?

can anyone direct me to a set of instructions.

are there disvantages to a sliding snell? whats stops it from sliding to far

next i want to lean how to braid and do doubles, I am getting serious about knots lately

cheers

Edited March 28, 2007 by CaineS

[netic]

Mate i dont know of any websites that show you how to do a sliding snell but if you live in the west give me a buzz....im more then happy to show you in person.

The sliding hook sits pretty tight, i use some red tubing that allows the line to run through it but as i mentioned it sits very tight....so tight that it can be a bit of a bit.ch to move it.....

[Guest IFishSick.]

You need to snell it with a second peice of line. Make it lighter than the trace.

Instead of snelling it with the trace, put a second peice through the eye of the top hook and snell as you normally would, pull very very very tight then trim off the ends. Works a beaty.

Another good thing to do is to always wet the line before you slide it, this means less friction and less damage to the trace.

[caine]

thanks guys

i found a close up pic, on ebay and i think i can reproduce it

i didnt realise you needed a second piece of line

ill give it a go

[caine]

We will make contact with some people and try and get some extra knots added to the link above in our forums

Cheers Swordfisherman

thanks mr swordy

[peter bisaro]

Hi

Have a look at a site www.marinews.com, they have a series of animated knots showing a sliding snood, looks like what you are after

I want to try it myself now!

Pedro