My adventure in soldering rings.....

[JasonGotaProblem]

Ok it's been a while since I've asked a really dumb question. Time to reset that clock. Sorry to use this thread.

Do people also solder these types of rings? In my mind that seems like it would be really strong. Am I crazy here?

PJ it's been awesome watching you aquire this new skill. Scarily it's leading me to wonder if I can learn this sorcery.

[pjstevko]

Ok it's been a while since I've asked a really dumb question. Time to reset that clock. Sorry to use this thread.

Do people also solder these types of rings? In my mind that seems like it would be really strong. Am I crazy here?

PJ it's been awesome watching you aquire this new skill. Scarily it's leading me to wonder if I can learn this sorcery.

There's no need to solder a split ring because you can buy extra strong split rings. But you can solder a ring to that hook and lure...

I appreciate your kind words but it's not too hard to learn. Just take a little practice

[Bryan Young]

@JasonGotaProblem ive soldered split rings before. It depends on the size of the lure and what I'm fishing for. For small game like trout, no but for Bluefin Tuna, I've soldered split rings for the added assurance that the spit ring will not separate.

[jurelometer]

Those look great PJ!

What did you do different?

-J

[thorhammer]

PJ, that's some great work.

[pjstevko]

Those look great PJ!

What did you do different?

-J

I used minimal flux, waited a few extra seconds for it to burn off completely and then added the silver just as the ends of the ring were turning red.....