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Leaders

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  Making Leaders Snelling A Hook
- Here are some steps for making a common snell - hook and - leader combination. You can adjust your length to  your needs. 1. Insert one end of leader material  through eye of hook and bring it past the turn and barb. Pass other end through eye in opposite direction, leaving a large loop hanging down. sns1.bmp (263570 bytes)
2. Holding both lines along the shank, wind tight coils around shank and both lines hanging from the eye, moving from eye toward hook. make 5 to 10 turns. sns2.bmp (201630 bytes) 3 .Move  fingers to hold coil tightly in place. pull leader extending from eye until entire loop has passed under coil.
sns3.bmp (179494 bytes)

4. With coil snug neatly, use pliers to pull tag end, clinching the snell.

5. Clip off end and tie loop knot in end of leader.

sns4.bmp (201794 bytes)

 

  Surgeon's End  Loop
Use this knot to tie in the end of a line for attaching leaders or other terminal tackle quickly 1. Double end of the line to form a loop, then tie an overhand knot at the base of the double line surel1.bmp (19134 bytes)
2. Leaving the loop open, bring the double line through once more surel2.bmp (16618 bytes) 3. Hold the standing line and tag end, and pull loop to tighten knot. You can adjust the loop size by shifting the loose knot before tightening
surel3.bmp (11438 bytes) 4. Clip tag end.

 

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