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Title: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on March 18, 2013, 08:32:18 PM: I often troll at high speed from and to the fishing grounds, using my bullet lures.

To help keep the lures in the water I use trolling sinkers. Up to recently, I used the typical s/s multi-strand wire (+200 Lb) trough the cigar sinker with crimped snap swivels, etc.

I came up with this clip, which is very strong and will hopefully last me a lifetime.

Materials... s/s wire (1.2 mm), beads and ball sinkers (1 oz and 2 oz)...

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Made a loop and inserted the ball sinkers and beads...

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Bent the wire to form a loop

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and voila...

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Job's done and ready to fish!
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: Serra Moz on March 18, 2013, 09:05:18 PM: Another brilliant idea, well done Marcos!
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: isivuba on March 18, 2013, 09:25:20 PM: Nice one (clap) .... now for the newbie question where does the sinker clip onto. Do you bend all this by hand or do you use a vice aswell.
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on March 18, 2013, 09:31:13 PM: It goes like this:
"Line from the reel - Double line - Snap swivel - loop of the trolling sinker clip - loop of the lure's leader.

Makes sense?

All done by hand. Use round pliers and long-nose pliers. Then side cutters! Takes about 5 min!
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: LGF on March 18, 2013, 10:18:05 PM: NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF ALL INVENTIONS, In my case is is POVERTY rather than necessity, hehe hehe
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: PH on March 19, 2013, 05:52:04 AM: Very, very neat work Marcos!!
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: Eddie Moz on March 19, 2013, 06:33:39 AM: Marcos. In Afrikaans, we would say, "Boer Maak n Plan".....
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on March 19, 2013, 09:00:47 AM: Thanks! I can certainly relate to that Eddie...
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: travelmember on March 19, 2013, 09:49:55 AM: Looks good. What do you determine to be high speed?
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on March 19, 2013, 10:22:34 AM: It depends on the sea conditions but usually it is between 12-18 knots. In those speeds and the size of the lures I place them quite far (+50 m) from the boat and only use 50 lb gear.
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: Stranga on March 19, 2013, 11:47:49 AM: what are you targeting at those speeds? also not so clear on the link up have you got a pic or two...sorry...
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on March 19, 2013, 11:56:17 AM: At those speeds I've caught YFT, couta and wahoo... I'm sure sailies and even marlin would attack a lure being pulled at those speeds if one is doing it in the right place. These fish can certainly move much faster than that. I mainly do it whilst traveling to and from the grounds... So I increase my chances of scoring... The strikes and hook ups are usually quite spectacular with long runs!

I'll post a pic of the full setup later today!
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: dugong on March 19, 2013, 12:10:02 PM: Very good, but I would be worried about a :wahoo: attacking the sinker with those extra colours!! w;k
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on March 19, 2013, 12:16:18 PM: It could happen, wahoo are not right in their heads! :hehe:

Never had a problem so far... The lure leader is usually 2-3 m...
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: peterblace on March 19, 2013, 03:41:45 PM: Quote from: John F on March 18, 2013, 09:31:13 PM
It goes like this:
"Line from the reel - Double line - Snap swivel - loop of the trolling sinker clip - loop of the lure's leader.

Makes sense?

All done by hand. Use round pliers and long-nose pliers. Then side cutters! Takes about 5 min!
:vio

looks great...now we need to ask the weatherman permission to give it a try
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on March 20, 2013, 01:18:06 PM: Quote from: Stranga on March 19, 2013, 11:47:49 AM
what are you targeting at those speeds? also not so clear on the link up have you got a pic or two...sorry...

Here's a pic of how it all links up ...

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Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: bulldog on March 20, 2013, 02:24:51 PM: Great Idea.
Title: Re: John F's DIY: Sinker clip for hi-speed trolling
Post by: John F on September 28, 2013, 02:53:48 PM: Made a few more of these hi-speed trolling sinkers. This time (under request from peterblace) the sinkers are huge! about 400 gr. Manuel Junior casted the sinkers ( :+ cred: ) and below is a step-by-step pictorial on how to assemble it. Pics are pretty self-explanatory! Thanks peterblace for the pics!

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