Magicpaddler wrote on Mar 25^th, 2014 at 11:40pm:

Thanks KF I was using 8 half turns and 5 would make it easier to get a neater knot. So far just learning using some 15 Lb Swivels.

The clinch knot becomes significantly more difficult to manage with more turns. The photo on the package shows 8-10 half turns which would be very difficult to tie and in my opinion entirely unnecessary. I tested a lot of knots with 5 half turns and some with 4 half turns and in every case I could get the snaps to fail before the knot. And remember it really only needs to be stronger than your main line. In my case the main line is only 8lb test. If you use 20-30lb fishing line (not sure why you would for canoe fishing but some people do) then you will need to do your own series of tests to see how things break down.

The materials detailed above....high quality ball-bearing swivels with good quality coastlock snaps. You can get cheaper low quality hardware but I would not recommend it. The weakest link in this setup is the snap. Constant opening and closing creates unavoidable metal fatigue until the bend cracks and fails. An indication that the snap is about to fail is when it feels like it is getting easier to open and close, less tension.....the metal hinge is getting weaker. If you tie your leaders at least 12" long you can easily tie on a new snap swivel after that happens. I can usually get 1-2 complete trips out of a single leader.
I'm always on the lookout for better value in terminal tackle but so far this is the best I've come up with in 3 years of looking. You can easily spend more but in my opinion it is money wasted.