by RMDJBD » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:24 pm
Paul
I am a proffessional captain and use solid wire on all my bait rigs, and we found that if you make the loop with finger preasure and make one loose twist, we use three, and then start the tight twist( 3-4 turns )and then bend the tail 90 deg to the shroud and then make a 90 deg bend. You then can hold the 3-4 wraps with a set plyers and use the crank to twist off the tail, comes up real clean.
In your tackle shop they have a tool that makes perfect twists. I think the problem is, since the wire is 17-4 semi heat treated s/s wire and with out the loose twist first the first hard turn fractures the wire to the point that half the tencil strengh has been lost. When I make bait rigs I use three soft or loose twist before the tight finish turns. I got a 435 lb blue marlin on .020 wire. Just found my tool it is a " DUO-BRO E/Z TWIST ". You can't come out of the rigging coupler and make a tight twist, will break at the first wrap every time. You might go thru the coupler twice and then into the barrel wraps, to take some of the load off of the primary turn. I use " MALIN HARD-WIRE ", directions on the back.
I now use " sig " u-control wire.
Bob Dudinsky