keeping knots out of rigs...
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keeping knots out of rigs...
Just wondering how people manage to keep there rigs from turning into a birds nest when they take them out of their rig wallet.At present i use the insert for plumbers tape (the tape they use to seal threaded pipes) and wind it on, it works for me but i'd like to know other peoples ideas :)
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I wrap the longer lighter snooded ones around a square of cardboard, the shorter snooded or simpler ones I dont have much bother with TBH. Try wrapping a 10 foot 3 hook flapper with 4 foot snoods to 10lb fluorocarbon around your hand and then trying to sort it out......never again :oops:
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...tried the beer mat approach (great during the summer)but find they get soaked (by rain not alcohol :) ) and the cardboard can turn to mush very quickly.petekd wrote:I wrap the longer lighter snooded ones around a square of cardboard, the shorter snooded or simpler ones I dont have much bother with TBH.
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for my longer rigs. i loop them very loosely and put them in the rig wallet..
them pull them out carefully.. 80% of the time they come out fine.. the rest, well its annoying... :?
them pull them out carefully.. 80% of the time they come out fine.. the rest, well its annoying... :?
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MC wrote:I put them into loose loops and wrap a wire around the lops to hold in place, like the ties you get with sandwich bags, the rigs don't tangle as much as they would stored loose.
Thats what i use as well, the ties of the sandwich bags, they come in real handy! Especially when you're putting your gear away!
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nige wrote:you spend most of ur time cursing at ur rigs- there always in a knot :lol:
they are the ones i chuck in my bag when i want a quick getaway :D
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I wrap em loosely around my hand and then into the rig wallet, when i take em out again i put the top swivel of the trace onto the hook on my rod stand and just let it fall. Usually looks after itself. Using different colour or breaking strain snoods for the trace body and hook lengths also helps
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daithi wrote:I wrap em loosely around my hand and then into the rig wallet, when i take em out again i put the top swivel of the trace onto the hook on my rod stand and just let it fall. Usually looks after itself. Using different colour or breaking strain snoods for the trace body and hook lengths also helps
Works for me too. I find it helps if you wind from the top down, winding the hooks in as you get to the point where the snood meets the main line.
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nige wrote:stevecrow74 wrote:for my longer rigs. i loop them very loosely and put them in the rig wallet..
them pull them out carefully.. 80% of the time they come out fine.. the rest, well its annoying... :?
you spend most of ur time cursing at ur rigs- there always in a knot :lol:
liked it nige :wink: