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Location: Kentucky | I was wondering what size splitring, I should be using on my lures.
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Location: mount prospect illinois | I would get wolverine split rings in size 5 and 6 (225lbs and 350lbs respectively). The majority of my baits have size 6 on them. That should take care of most of your baits. I would also get some bucher spilt rings to use on those lures with very small eye hooks wher the wolverine split rings wont fit. |
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Location: Kentucky | Thank for the info |
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| It all depends on the size of hooks! Size 6 will work for 2/0 thru 7/0 hooks but you'll need larger rings if your hooks are bigger. The Bucher rings a good, but the Wolverine ones that are on some of my baits have rusted, and a few of them have been sprung open. Maybe the new Wolverines are better. The ones that I have were made a few years back. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | Try to use as big as you can that allows movement. Thats what I like to do anyway.I use everything from 5's to 9's. |
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| I would highly recommend the wolverine split rings in the sizes mentioned above. The lures that I manufacturer use these split rings and have never had any problems.
Doug Kloet
http://www.muskymagictackle.com |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | Another method of using spilt rings is to double ring your lures. Find 2 rings in which 1 fits inside of the other. There isn't a muskie spawned yet that will pull 2 rings apart. It is a bit of a hassle to get 2 rings on 1 hook and lure eye at the same time, so get yourself a pair of quality splitring pliers. Avoid those $3.00 cheapys. Spend the $15. to $20. to get good ones. This is also a great way to reuse some of the cheaper split rings that come with the lures. Even though I wouldn't trust a big fish to a single cheap ring, there is no way that she'll pull apart even cheap doubled rings
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