Tie Or Snap

[BUCKET HEAD]

Which Is Better, Tieing The Jig On Or Using Swivel Snaps?

[deathb4disco]

Tie!

If you use a snap swivel, the jig won't hang horizontal in the water.

[fiddlefarter]

Don't tell my jighead maker (he gives them to me) but when I get hung if the hook don't straighten right out, I snatch it and break it off. I use a lot of jigs. If I lost a snap everytime, it'd get expensive, as I have to pay for them.

[BUCKET HEAD]

Thanks, I'll Try That. I Fished With Jigs For About Two And A Half Hours At The Marina Yesterday Evening And Had Just One Hit But Nothing Else. Tried Different Colors, Verticle And Casting But No Luck. I Was Wondering If Tieing Them On Instead Of Using Snaps Would Help.

[fiddlefarter]

Probably knot. ha ha. If they was bitin' good you'd catch them snap or knot. But I reckon if they are real finicky it might help to have the knot. I fished for 6 hours last Sun. I caught 1 crappie and my brother caught 1. he had a snap on his jig, I didn't. Mine was a keeper, his wasn't. Had to be because I tied directly to the jig.

[BUCKET HEAD]

Yeah! I'm Sure That Was It.

[DRPEPPER]

I am not a knot expert. I only know one way to tie a hook. I don't think you would get the desired action with a snap. I have tried three way swivels when using tandum hooks and didn't like the weight above my jigs.
DP

[skiptomylu]

I use both a knot and sometimes a No-Knot Fast Snaps, I don't like swivel snaps, but that is just me. Here is a link to BPS for these snaps, but you can find them cheaper at jannsnetcraft.com and I think Cabela's carries them now also.

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults

You may even want to go to a loop knot to tie your jig on so it is more free.

[BUCKET HEAD]

I use both a knot and sometimes a No-Knot Fast Snaps, I don't like swivel snaps, but that is just me. Here is a link to BPS for these snaps, but you can find them cheaper at jannsnetcraft.com and I think Cabela's carries them now also.

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults

You may even want to go to a loop knot to tie your jig on so it is more free.

THE NO-KNOT FAST SNAP, DO TIE IT WITH A SPECIAL KNOT? DOES IT ALLOW THE JIG TO HANG PROPERLY?

[skiptomylu]

THE NO-KNOT FAST SNAP, DO TIE IT WITH A SPECIAL KNOT? DOES IT ALLOW THE JIG TO HANG PROPERLY?

The jig is free to swing on this and you can tie it with a Palomar or a Uni-knot. I have used the Palomar almost exclusively since the late 60's I think and it's a great and easy to tie knot. However I have started using a Uni-knot more the last couple of years. It started when I was tying some 100# test mono and I really couldn't get them Palomar to work very well at all. So I learned the Uni-knot and really liked it a lot so I use it quite ofter on things like the no-knot snap.

Hope this helps

One more thing....they are really small so you may want to see them in your hand before deciding on size. Think I have 2 different sizes and am not sure what the smaller one is, but just remember the small is very small!