Snell hook or snell knot has many use and comes in handy for many fishing situations. Some of them are: Tying leader line to hooks without eyes To have a clean straight knot to hook To tie tandem or gang hooks for rigging strip baits, dead or live bait, billfish flies Related: Tandem hook for […]
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Before spooling braided or superlines onto the spool you must use monofilament lines as backing. The exception will be when using one of the newer reel models e.g. Abu Garcia Soron SX‘s braid-ready spool that eliminates the need for mono backing. The use of monofilament line as backing is to prevent slipping of the braided
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One of the most basic rig for bottom fishing is the ledger rig. It is a versatile and almost multi-purpose method of rigging for catching a wide variety of fish species like groupers, snappers, any specie that lurks at or near the bottom is fair game for this rig. Some anglers prefer to use a
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