Stopper Knot for bait

The Great Wallsendo

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There's a particular knot that I've seen on ready made rigs that have a sequin below it in order to prevent the bait fleeing up the snood...

...anyone know it?

Is this vague enough for anyone to answer? :red::yltype:
 
i do a 3 turn grinner knot
but you can also get about 10mm of rig tube and thread is though its self to slide up and doown
it you know what i mean
 
whats this 'power gum' (or summink:D) that gets mentioned in the mags etc its used for the same purpose is it not:confused:

It's line only... elastic and.... Jelly like... it stretches tight when you are doing your knot. When you finished the knot it relax's then grips your line.... i got some in my box.... from somewhere just noticed it the other day, good stuff though.

hope this helps
 
power gu is used mainly by fly fishermen,its great for sea angling,it is made from elastic does not damage rig line,used to use it a lot crimps are better,but be carefull not to over crimp as this damages your line
 
yeah went to marsden with him and sigsy on thursday, fish time fishing.... properly (i.e not sat on my a** behind the pedestrian tunnel wondering if the guy sleeping on the bench could do better)

Cheers for the welcome!

Thats 3 posts racked up in 10 minutes, I'm on fire lol
 
Try some Scooby's, what the bairns use for knitting together to make bracelets and other things. Tried them for a few different things and they work very well ;)

Jim.
 
I just use those little skinny elastic bands. Dead cheap to buy a good size pack or even cheaper if you can salvage a few from work. Cut them to break the loop then a simple two loops around the snood, feed one end through the loops, wet it, pull tight and trim the ends to about 5mm. Tight enough to keep things in place but also easy enough to slide up or down if you need to move it.
The rig tubing is good aswell though you have to get the length right so that it folds over neatly otherwise it'll want to spring back into shape and make an 'L' shape with the snood.
 
Use power gum for my float stops in the summer.

Made patternosters for Ireland with a crimp at the top but power gum below the bottom bead. When a fish takes hard the snood slides down to the link and the lead lifts out of the way a bit like a pulley. Useful on the beach.
 
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