Best way to tie a spinner lure
Feb 12, 2022 03:27:30 #
saw1 wrote:
Yep it's either one or the other for me most all the time. 
I looked up the Palomar I can use it. A loop through the eye then single overhand with the loop split over hook then pull snug. The cinch is good for egg loops. I spin the loop on an egg loop 7 times for good luck.
When I said trilene… I meant cinch knot with trilene line seems to slip. Usually had to do it three times. I think Palomar will be my go to.
Thanks buddy.
Feb 12, 2022 08:16:18 #
Jeremy wrote:
If they have a tip that is looped or bent it helps. I pinch the brass on cheaper type snap swivels so they can’t bend straight. Your lucky if never had one bent straight. Maybe not targeting large fish.
Thats precisely why I only use duolocks
Feb 12, 2022 09:39:48 #
charlykilo wrote:
Maybe? But never had those problems with top notch snap swivels. 
I never have either and I've used them on 1500 pound sturgeon.
Feb 12, 2022 09:42:50 #
A cinch knot will not work as an egg loop knot. Two entirely different knots.
Feb 12, 2022 09:48:12 #
saw1 wrote:
I use the Palomar knot for tying a lot.
So do I Steve. My Grand Dad taught me that one when I was about 6 and I've used it ever since. All of my kids and grandkids use it too👍
Feb 12, 2022 13:33:32 #
WV Troutslayer
Loc: Morgantown Wv
Seegundo wrote:
Have you tried wetting the knot with saliva I do both loops then five turns and back through then I wet it with saliva and pull tight
I have been using trout spinners for over 50 years I tie them this way run your line threw the eyelet hold the two pieces together twist them a few times then put the loose end threw the hole where your line loops then pull tight I use the same knot for hooks works very well.
Feb 12, 2022 14:46:57 #
OHjohn wrote:
Any suggestions on proper way to tie a spinner bait?
What line are you using?
Feb 12, 2022 14:50:41 #
Feb 12, 2022 15:18:16 #
charlykilo wrote:
On a premium Ball bearing snap swivel. Eliminate as much line twist as possible. 
Feb 12, 2022 15:42:32 #
Fishing Fool
Loc: redding, ca
I use palomar and quality swivels when needed and good swivels I've never needed to pinch anything and have caught up to 400 pound marlin.
Feb 12, 2022 17:28:34 #
I've mentioned this before but if you're tying at home consider a drop of cooking oil in lieu of saliva. It is slicker.
Feb 12, 2022 18:52:02 #
Jeremy wrote:
I looked up the Palomar I can use it. A loop through the eye then single overhand with the loop split over hook then pull snug. The cinch is good for egg loops. I spin the loop on an egg loop 7 times for good luck.
When I said trilene… I meant cinch knot with trilene line seems to slip. Usually had to do it three times. I think Palomar will be my go to.
Thanks buddy.
When I said trilene… I meant cinch knot with trilene line seems to slip. Usually had to do it three times. I think Palomar will be my go to.
Thanks buddy.
Yep, it's a great knot and it doesn't slip either.
Feb 12, 2022 21:43:23 #
Chuck56
Loc: Texas
Seegundo wrote:
Trilene knot is a 95% knot improved clinch is a 50% knot polamer knot is a 95% knot. On a line test machine a 14# line will break a about 15.5# . With any knot you'll lose a little bit try the trilene or polamar knot. You be closer to the dead pull strength. Remember to wet the knot with saliva prior to cinching it down so it doesn't burn the monofilament or Flurocarbon.
Good advice....thanks....
Feb 13, 2022 00:54:17 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
Always have to chuckle when I hear someone say "snap swivels" are a "visual turn-off" to fish, especially when the subject is SPINNER LURES.... hehehe.
Are you simply not seeing the fact that a snap swivel is just MORE SHINY HARDWARE, on a lure that IS 2"-4" of shiny hardware, & the SnSw is usually much, much smaller than the SHINY HOOKS DANGLING ? How ludicrous.
ALL hardware, from nails and screws, hinges, brackets, drawer guides, etc. in the building trades to precision bearings, gears, line guides, ferrules, crank handles, hooks, split rings, SNAP SWIVELS, etc. in the fishing world.....is widely available in wildly different qualities.
And cheap hardware WILL FAIL....houses fall into disrepair, fish come "unbuttoned".
Quit buying the cheap "Danielson" and "Eagle Claw" crap, and buy PLine or other QUALITY snap swivels..... have never had one fail..... even on BIG FISH, Jeremy. They make a variety of sizes/test weights....pick wisely and CORRECTLY, please.
And as for the suggestion to use vegetable oil, rather than saliva, to cinch down a clinch knot ?
The practice of using saliva is to mitigate the friction/friction heat generated in that ONE INSTANCE OF CINCH, not to make the line "slippery enough" so that it becomes "easier" for you.... though I suppose you could try to kill two birds with one stone by using WD-40....cinch-slide-helper/scent attraction..... hehehe...... still not anything I can recommend doing.
Or......if you refuse to use a swivel with a spinner..... do prepare us a wonderfully engaging treatise on "How to Deal with Line Twist"..... enthrall us, please.
Are you simply not seeing the fact that a snap swivel is just MORE SHINY HARDWARE, on a lure that IS 2"-4" of shiny hardware, & the SnSw is usually much, much smaller than the SHINY HOOKS DANGLING ? How ludicrous.
ALL hardware, from nails and screws, hinges, brackets, drawer guides, etc. in the building trades to precision bearings, gears, line guides, ferrules, crank handles, hooks, split rings, SNAP SWIVELS, etc. in the fishing world.....is widely available in wildly different qualities.
And cheap hardware WILL FAIL....houses fall into disrepair, fish come "unbuttoned".
Quit buying the cheap "Danielson" and "Eagle Claw" crap, and buy PLine or other QUALITY snap swivels..... have never had one fail..... even on BIG FISH, Jeremy. They make a variety of sizes/test weights....pick wisely and CORRECTLY, please.
And as for the suggestion to use vegetable oil, rather than saliva, to cinch down a clinch knot ?
The practice of using saliva is to mitigate the friction/friction heat generated in that ONE INSTANCE OF CINCH, not to make the line "slippery enough" so that it becomes "easier" for you.... though I suppose you could try to kill two birds with one stone by using WD-40....cinch-slide-helper/scent attraction..... hehehe...... still not anything I can recommend doing.
Or......if you refuse to use a swivel with a spinner..... do prepare us a wonderfully engaging treatise on "How to Deal with Line Twist"..... enthrall us, please.
Feb 13, 2022 08:52:41 #
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