Crimping=improved!

[inshoreangler95]

I have been crimping like this for quite a while and have never had a single problem. I just thought i would share!

The little knot you create practically absorbs all of the stress that would be originally redirected to the crimp, this can prevent slipped crimps or a broken cable and lost fish.

How to make it:
First you have your cable and whatever it is your going to attach it to(swivel, hook, etc.).
Stick your cable through the eye of the object like a normal crimp.
Bring it back down through the eye a second time and put your cable over and through the loop that has been created.
Then put the cable through the loop a second time without going through the eye.
Now pull your cable from both sides until your loop becomes tight. Sometimes the loop will bend a bit and become awkward looking, this is fine, it wont affect the strength.


I Just thought you guys might want to give this a try! Hope i made explained myself well! Sorry about the pictures, they were taking with a phone!

[bolo]

Thanks for sharing. I do same for all my mono and cable rigs.

[Lord of the Rays]

i do it on the swivels, not factoring the nessecity for stopping crimp slippage, but when i used to use 80-100lb traces, sometimes the ring of the swivel being as narrow as it was, would cut the trace in half after some time. i've had it happen twice. doing a loop or two at the swivel before crimping retaining the strength of the trace at the swivel helped to overcome this weakness in the trace for me.

i dont do it at the hooks because sometimes i thread the trace through my bait, and particularly with softer baits like mackrel where you want them to stay as intact as possible, not 'ringing an eye' will enable you to thread your trace through your bait while keeping it more intact. i tend not to thread my trace through my bait nowdays trying to have different traces for various baits, or just whatever i can catch at the time. but sometimes i have to improvise a bit.
also hooks over 9/0 tend to be thick enough at the eye to disregard the possibility of cutting the trace at the eye of the hook so to speak. but i have done it with tracing narrow 5/0's and 7/0's.

i double crimp to get around crimp slippage, i've seen people triple crimp. unfortunately i dont have a proper crimping device, i merely use a big clamp, keeping an eye out not to cut the trace but to keep it as tight as possible. it is tricky business.

[Frogfish101]

Good tip! I'll start doing that!