09-03-2010, 01:31 AM
I never use swivels on plastics. My belief is that swivels are for the simple purpose of reducing line twist.
If I am vertical jigging a tube jig, very little twisting (if any at all) occurs.
Now, if I were to troll a plastic lure that is designed to turn in the water, then you bet, by all means, put a swivel on.
My fishing buddy has splits in all of his tying fingers (due to his line of work) so tying knots for him is very painful and difficult. So, he uses these Duo-Lock snaps. He only has to tie one knot and switches out his plastics often and easily:
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I even use them on any lure that I troll IF IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO TWIST in the water.
Snaps make it very easy and fast to switch lures.
But in general, if a lure isn't going to twist the line, I will either tie direct or use a snap.
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