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Old 01-01-2014, 12:30 PM
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Richie, I was out on the Gambler yesterday and had plenty of opportunities to snag the bottom. Most of the times when the sinker got snagged I was able to give slack and the sinker dropped and freed up. When the hooks snagged I tried slack, then pull left then right if all failed I strong armed and broke the rig. I tied an overhand knot between lowest dropper and the sinker loop to weaken the like and create a break point to free the rig but the sinker never snagged. When I strong armed I always got my upper dropper back, the rig broke on the lower droppers, as expected if the lower hooks snagged. In my small sample I don't know if its worthwhile trying to create a weak link to the sinker to save the rig, you can probably un-snag a sinker but not a hook. I don't know if my experience is universal, maybe other can share their thoughts.
Paul Thanks I'm good the loops I made will be easy enough for me to break.
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