Hey all you Walleye pro's: When tying Walleye spinner rigs using slow death hooks (which are great I might add), do you snell them or simply tie them using a Palomar or Improved Clinch knot? I'm wondering if a snell knot might impact the action of the hook? I'm using this imposed down time to tie up some new rigs and thought I'd post this question first...
I have snelled a few rigs up with slow death hook up front and a bait hook trailing. I just haven't had the chance to try em out yet. I also snelled up a double slow death rig. Gotta get out there.
I don't know that the knot would make any difference it's the bend in the hook and how the worm comes off the hook that gives it the rotation
flyguy
Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!
I think they recommend using the snelled knot and I do snell them if I pre-tie them. If I have a break-off and have to retie in the boat, I either use the Palomar or the improved clinch. Does it make a difference, who knows?
I haven't noticed any difference whether snelled or palomar .. just be sure to have a good swivel above your presentation or you'll get a lot of twist in your mainline.
Thanks to all! I'm going to go ahead and snell some up. Good reminder on the swivels. I appreciate the advice. One of the things I've seen on the slow death hooks is that the crawlers are hard to keep on correctly. Maybe the snell will help hold the critters in place. We'll see...
What is a slow death hook. I've been fishing for almost 70 years and never heard about those hooks. Thanks
Chiming in because I too, am curious as to "what is a slow death hook ?"
And since we are at it, a snell vs a palomar or clinch ? Quite different in how the line comes off the hook, isn't it ? To wit...it probably DOES make a difference which is used, doesn't it ? Thanks, in advance, for clarifying this.
The slow death is a hook with a bend in the shank of the hook which makes it spin while being trolled with a nightcrawler threaded on it. It is usually tied on with the knot on the front of the eye of the hook. If you snell your line is wrapped around the shank of the hook and then fed through the eye.
Actually I think the snell might keep you from threading the nightcrawler all the way up past the eye of the hook. I'll have to try it and see how they work.
Yeah, you're taking up valuable shank(worm-threading length capabilities) space, with a snell.
I agree and the Nightcrawler is supposed to be pushed up over the eye of the hook and the knot an the tag in of the knot helps keep the worm up over the eye of the hook
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