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Trebles are illegal for salmon here so they are not an option.
Thats ODFW, I am in Washington.
Whoops, didn't see that. It's an Oregon based forum, so I made the assumption that we were talking about something here.
I believe this to be true. The split ring allows for more range of motion, like a universal joint of sorts. With the pressure of nasty ol' Mr. Big doin' the headshakin' thing, a swivel can bind....the split ring is there for you.Putting a split ring to a hook leads to less fish lost. When they jump and shake there heads that thrashes the spinner around as much as you pulling it with plyers. If there is a split ring there the spinner body can move further without pulling the hook from the fishes mouth or something like that.
An octopus hook is designed for an egg loop with its turned up eye and not a very good candidate for a lure hook.I won't use a split ring if I don't HAVE to. I lost a lot more fish using them then using open eye siwash put directly on the spinner. Maybe it is just me but I had a lot more spinners thown back at my head using a split ring than I care to count. Maybe it was my beak and Octopus hooks, maybe a siwash with a split ring is better but my catch ratio increased to well over 90% without a split ring from about 50% with a split ring. Hook up ratio dropped slighty but I will live with that.
I have been thinking about using them on spinners for a long time. Rickman reminded me of this in a recent post so I wanted to start a new one to get as many replies as possible.
The main reason I have considered using them is to cut down on snags. I fish a lot of piling and rocks in tidal water here for salmon and I snag up a lot. The only thing that has kept me from trying them is not having them but I do this year.
The main questions I have are:
Would you connect them directly to the eye of the hook or use a split ring?
Does anyone have an experience using them?
What size circle hook would you use being they have a narrower gap from point to shank?
Nope, I always take advantage of the open eye and close over the split ring.One question, do most of you pinch the eye shut and then put them on a split ring?