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Hoping someone can help me out with this. I have been practising snelling hooks for a while and pretty much have the hang of it now. I am trying to perfect putting two hooks on a leader - one about two to three inches above the other. At the moment, I snell the top hook on the leader leaving enough line underneath to still be able to put the bottom hook on. Haven't had any problems with this method at all and can put them on pretty quickly. Problem is, the websites I have been to recommend putting the bottom hook on first but I don't seem to be able to master this whilst leaving a constant distance between the hooks (the top hook always seems to slide up a bit when pulling in the slack). I have used the search function here and got a few hints but nothing that helps me overall.
Does anyone know any good websites that would explain it clearly or is there a post I might have missed? Then again, this is working perfectly for me and it may just as well be a case of "if it aint broke, don't fix it" but I suppose I just want a bit of advice. Always open to another Ausfisho's ideas.
(Actually I just use a sort of variation on a uni knot to bind the hook with the short length of mono - but I'm sure Wilsons method at the above link is better than mine)
Using the sliding snell allows you to adjust the top hook to suit different bait sizes
not too sure why you would want to change your technigue that you know, and works, to something you read and cannot do,(just because you read it in a book does not make it better) acheives the same thing in the end doesn't it? who cares if you put top or bottom hook first! as the old saying goes "if it feels good, do it"
i'm with tony and like the sliding snell - if tied firmly to can troll with it.
Its very easy to tie as you start with a short tag for the bottom hook that is only as long as the hook then pull it thru when you are done.
If the livie is taken and the fish caught on the top hook the second (end) hook always grabs due to the positive pressure on it - you usually have one hook pulling a chunk of flesh against the other & so the hook holes in the fishes mouth don't open up as much.
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