ShimsMan 1 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hey guys n gals,Been making some rigs up recently with longish dropper loops for attaching hooks and they work well, but the droppers seem to weaken the line by a lot. Is this normal? i'm using 15lb lo stretch mono and it only seems to keep 30-40% of its strength maximum; as i'm running up to 6.5lb drag so this won't do. I'm using 3-4 winds in each dropper.Any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,196 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 A loss of 60% to 70% seems excessive. I use droppers a fair bit and use a heavier leader to compensate. (eg. 8lb braid and 15lb mono for the trace).I use 4 turns and lubricate and pull slow and get about 70% knot strength (30% loss).Otherwise if you are worried, use 3 way swivels or go up in trace strength. pauly s, ShimsMan and trihull 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShimsMan 1 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Thanks Kelvin,I made up a jig for making the loops and it seems to work much better, i see what you mean about using stronger mono, the platypus stuff doesn't seem to take knots all that well.Using 4 loops made a little difference too, will be testing the rigs out today! :cheer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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