Years ago I used barrel swivels with snaps for convenience & got away from it after losing a fish or whatever.I can tie a lure on pretty quick anyways.
Last weekend I tried plain eagle claw snaps & like them.
What is your favorite snap if you use them?
I use tatical angler snaps. No swivel. Looks similar to a paper clip
I use very small Tactical Anglers Clips when fishing in the bay for trout and redfish. Offshore, use Spro Coast-Locks for trolling. Bought some Amys, but they don't look very sturdy to me.
Different fishing but I am getting away from snaps and use heavy splitrings and spitting pliars. I have seen $50.00+ lures lost due to the lure "eye" wearing through a snap.
I use light terminal stuff so most of my items are as small as I can find. I like plain black duo-lock snaps for lures, usually SB or Eagle Claw because they are cheap, but quick connect clips for jigs. I never tie directly to a split rig because the split has a tendency to nick and wear on the line. I'm not a fan of split rings, I usually remove them and throw them away. :-\
I use black plain barrel swivels (no snap) between my line and 3'/4'leader when fresh water trolling. Size is always as small as I can get by with. ;)
Split rings can be a major issue. Again I do much different fishing. I put a solid ring in the splitring and use a crimp to attach the 100# and up mono to the solid ring.
Quote from: Swami805 on May 01, 2026, 01:20:23 PMI use tatical angler snaps. No swivel. Looks similar to a paper clip
This is the way!