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			08-20-2004, 07:07 PM
			
			
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				to split ring? or not to split ring?
			 
			 
			
		
		
		on the rear hook?? ya know. 
 
and another ??? 
how the heck do you completly close these stainless siwash open eye hooks??? 
		
		
		
		
		
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			08-20-2004, 07:14 PM
			
			
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		Split ring always Mike! Makes it dance real perty!   
		
		
		
		
		
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			08-20-2004, 07:15 PM
			
			
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		I buy closed, otherwise just crimp it more with some wide pliers.   
		
		
		
		
		
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			08-20-2004, 07:20 PM
			
			
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		 pliers no worky. 
stainless has too much memory and springs back a little 
		
		
		
		
		
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			08-20-2004, 07:26 PM
			
			
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		Bigger pliers   
I've also heard many say to use the tinned siwash hooks and not the stainless. Less brittle.
 
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			08-20-2004, 11:14 PM
			
			
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		 U can lean on a pair of big channel locks or put it in a vice.Stainless is the way to go 5/0 an up when u wrap somethin on it.No rust.I usually file the point down some. 
		
		
		
		
		
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			08-21-2004, 02:18 PM
			
			
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		I prefer to use split rings.  Only problem is on some lures if you have a split on middle and rear, the "hook length" can be so long as sometimes the two hooks snap each other on casts and retrieves.  But I prefer them anyway. 
		
		
		
		
		
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			08-23-2004, 07:29 PM
			
			
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			08-24-2004, 06:48 PM
			
			
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		Mike, 
 I have a pair of small pliers that also have a side cutter feature along one side. These have a couple of different slots in the plier jaws that the loop fits into and will not slip so ya just put a little muscle to them and the siwash closes right up! 
 
Mike at M&D's carries a larger size of the pliers I am talking about. 
 
 
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