Mark K Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 So, when I throw poppers, and bigger divers for whatever reason i get horrible line twist. Never imagined I could get line twist with a fly rod...but then again I also never imagined I could tie a knot in my leader in mid air. I am not sure how common line twist is with a fly rod but it's a given if I am throwing a bigger popper. I read on these boards...somewhere.. someone posted (I think Ron K.) about using tiny barrel swivel. Spro makes them and you can buy them online or at Gander Mountain. BPS does not carry them, I am fairly sure that Cabelas in Hammond has them. So I tied one on at the end of an 8ft, 12lb leader then a foot long tippet of 12lb fluorocarbon (the only 12lb line I had on hand). I threw the bigger Boogle Bug, on my 8wt for a couple of hours and got absolutely ZERO line twist. Insert Halelluia Choir! I think it was sinking my popper a tad but the fluorocarbon probably contributed to that and... whatever it worked fine, not an issue and probably an advantage with a lot of flies. I am hoping to introduce Kankakee river smallies to the Jude bug this weekend. I fished a darn good pond with my older boy, who was spin fishing. He killed them, I mean killed them with gulp helgies on a tiny jig under a tiny bobber...er ah...strike indicator. :-) I got nice gill, and two dink largies. Nothing was big enough to post a pic of. The gills would not leave my popper alone, it was just too big. We both had a pretty good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 If anybody would like some, I have a lot of them from my tackle making days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 some of the furled leaders from streamside leaders have micro swivels built in. they may be at cast n compare rich mc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Been there and done that. Several of my streamers that I tie with intended rock and roll movement do tend to twist my leader. Since I tie my own leaders I always make a few with that exact same SPRO size 10 swivel attached between my 20 lb piece of mono and my 10 lb tippet. In my search for the smallest swivel that is available, I found that sizing of swivels is quite arbitrary and one manufacturer's size 10 might be smaller than someone else's size 12 so don't order from a catalog based on sizing numbers. If someone can locate a swivel smaller than that the SPRO size 10, please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjtroester Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 https://www.feather-craft.com/wecs.php?store=feacraft&action=display&target=GS004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Hey Tim, might have to try a few of those, they have them at Janns Netcraft along with these size 14 mini swivels, seems like these could be smaller. http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/fishing-tackle-swivels/311300.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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