I mentioned that I was planning to give the 3-way swivel rig a try this year and the feedback I'm getting is that it can be a hassle.  I still want to give it a go and see for myself but I will also have my snap weights with me and I want to get some feedback on their use as well.
Last year, as I said, I used the snap weights and did pretty well - a whole mess of 6 lb Lakers, which was very exciting.  But I'm not sure that I'm using them correctly.  What I've been doing is tying on, say, a jerk bait and then attaching the snap about 50 feet up the line.  It worked fine in terms of getting my bait down where it needed to be but when reeling in I had to stop to take off the snap.  Because I'm using braided line I wound the line around the snap pad twice so it wouldn't slip free, which made getting it off just a little more difficult. While I'm getting the snap free from the line I feel like I'm losing control of the fish.   So ... am I using the snaps correctly?  Any hints as to how I might use them more effectively or efficiently?  And honestly, this is a fishing question not a metaphor. ;D