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Reply #90 - May 7th, 2014 at 6:50pm
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So one thing i notice while shopping swivels is that of those rated >25# they're bulky and expensive.  The spro power swivel in that pic is a size 7 rated at 75#, seems to spin freely, and is tiny compared to others rated at 1/2 the weight.  a 10 pack was under $5 (cabelas). the red snap is on the large side and will be replaced.  Did you know KF made mention of this nickel Ti wire in his BWJ article "down deep" back in 2010? Never noticed it before but after a re-read it jumped off the page.  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
  
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Reply #91 - May 7th, 2014 at 7:05pm
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I bought a pack of those Spro Power swivels rated for #25.
They were so tiny, you'd want to tie them up at home or maybe in camp over a plate or something.

I held them with a small hemostat when I tied them.
  
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Reply #92 - May 8th, 2014 at 1:44am
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I've made about 8 leaders so far, and in the process I must have destroyed another 8 swivels!  They don't stand up to the stress test, using the hangars.  I have not been impressed with the SPRO swivels, snap or otherwise. 

My Fleet Farm didn't have the brands that KF suggests. 

Still, I have 8 leaders, so I'm probably done making leaders for the foreseeable future.  My experience with them this season will be instructive. 

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Reply #93 - May 8th, 2014 at 3:30am
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I don't guys, but it seems to me that if you're going to all that trouble to make up these leaders that you don't want to  skimp on the swivels.  Sampo are the best and if it were me I'd be using ball bearing type swivels, cost be damned.
  
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Reply #94 - Jun 13th, 2014 at 6:17pm
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I'm playing around with this stuff today. I bought the 25# wire at Bass Pro, and I also picked up some Malin single barrel sleeves. The wire is 0.014" and the sleeves are 0.033", so doubling the wire back through the sleeves leaves only .005".

I found that doubling the wire back through the sleeves was easy and clean. I could leave a nice small loop and crimp it down nicely. It felt good in hand, although I used some paracord to hang a 15# kettle bell and one crimp did fail - the wire backed out.

I am trying to tie some and finding that much more difficult; I've not made one good knot yet. I'm starting to wonder if I could crimp them down, and then tie off the tag end behind the crimp…

Anyway, I am hoping to test both crimped and tied models next week - assuming that I can get one tied.  Grin
  
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Reply #95 - Jul 18th, 2014 at 10:01pm
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I have used 12 lb PowerPro for years in Florida for skinny water and always use 3 to 4 feet of 20 lb Flourocarbon (Seaguar). I have used no knot except the Uni knot for 10 years and have not had a knot pull out. I use it Flouro to leader and on leader to lure.
I am going up to Quetico mid September for the first time and do have the dreaded yellow Powerpro on one of my reels. I'm frankly not worried about it, but if there is an issue and my son is catching more with the green, I will have a backup plan!
  
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Reply #96 - Jul 18th, 2014 at 10:02pm
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OOPS.. I mean connecting the braid to the flouro...  Tongue
  
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Reply #97 - May 11th, 2016 at 5:59pm
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Bump, bump, bang
I've been wanting to try the Knot 2 Kinky wire and finally ordered some. Thought I'd bump it up again for a review.
Thanks, KF
  
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Reply #98 - May 14th, 2016 at 12:41pm
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I never could get a decent knot tied although I was more than happy with the crimping method I used as Ranger described.

I did have a few early attempts pull thru but I found a "fix' for the problem that seems to work fine.

After you double the wire back thru the crimp sleeve. Use a pair of needle nose pliers sideways and  make the smallest 90 degree bend you can on tip of wire.

Make your loop and crimp. If you have some excess on tip above crimp ferrule, snip off flush as you can.
That little extra jamming against ferrule fixed the problem.
  
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