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tlapinski · 08-06-2013, 08:41 AM

For securing the head hook, I have modified my method a little bit. After I have completed 2 or 3 half-hitches on the head hook (6.24 into this video), I add a small zip-tie right in line on the hook and then half-hitch a few times in front and in back of the tie. When the tag end of the zip-tie is clipped off it leaves a nub. Then when the head is secured either with large zip-ties or Dacron (8.40 into this video) in front of the internal zip-tie, the eel is locked in place and will not move. This was an addition I began trying after I made this video but one which is done on all my eels now.
http://www.thefisherman.com/index.cf...82&ParentCat=9

08-06-2013, 08:41 AM	#22
tlapinski All up in the Interweb! iTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 5,215	For securing the head hook, I have modified my method a little bit. After I have completed 2 or 3 half-hitches on the head hook (6.24 into this video), I add a small zip-tie right in line on the hook and then half-hitch a few times in front and in back of the tie. When the tag end of the zip-tie is clipped off it leaves a nub. Then when the head is secured either with large zip-ties or Dacron (8.40 into this video) in front of the internal zip-tie, the eel is locked in place and will not move. This was an addition I began trying after I made this video but one which is done on all my eels now. http://www.thefisherman.com/index.cf...82&ParentCat=9
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