Fishing with LURE CLIPS, yes or no. I do the tests

I get asked so much lately from Murray cod fishing to my barramundi fishing. What clips are you using? Well i thought rather than just show you the clips i would do some testing on them to see what fails in a whole tackle set up.

I was actually shocked with the results..

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[BlackSwanSong]

*I found these ball bearing swivel snaps to **enjoyable.fishing** recommend it’s be just as effective in every aspect as the much more expensive brand name snaps.*

[russellwright]

Very in interesting as I have always tied a loop knot and have not lost a fish
yet, but a pain when changing lures all the time, may have to try some of those clips
thanks again for another great video.

[peterscott]

Hiya Dean,
Yep totally agree; the knot is the weakest point. I’ve tested many many different leaders both mono and Fluro. Different knots and lb class. If your looking for a new knot to try, have a go at the Toit knot. It’s my go to above all knots on fluro and mono. It takes a bit more time to tie but worth it.

[mathewcampbell]

Love the Mustad Fastach's, so quick to use and leaves the lure swimming with best action compared to the various clip styles IMHO. My only real gripe with clips (inc. Fastach) is that they tend to collect more weed (esp. snot weed) than a good loop knot with little tag.

[slurrpyattack__]

Oh Maria..ur soooo strong. I'll keep em in my kit either way. Funny but I was doing this "yes or no" thing buying or collecting as 'Jonesys' wife said well, last week & then vid from Deano. Heating up & we're all tuned in thinking of a bite more than eating, sleeping or our lovely other halves. Bloody addicted.

[danmak]

The great debate... Was sooo against clips but recently with switching baits so much at dams to key into the bite had to turn to the clips. Your strength test was really good to see. Honestly thought that knots would be stronger and clips fail but you just debunked that. Good video mate

[luxr]

I use a lot of different clips, Decoy's are good but expensive, Mustad do the one with a loop at each end which I think gives a better swimming action and then the old cheap special from Big W which works well enough, you will get rubbed off on 40lb FC Rock before they break and they are $3 for 18 clips. They are also good when you are finding out what colour and size things are after. Mind you I fish the harbour in Darwin so different tactic, they are also rarely larger than 70cm. A clinch knot doubled through the clip also works for line up to 40lb.

[jaybarnett]

Nice test,

Unexpected results,

I reluctantly changed to clips for Trout fishing and love it. The quality branded lighter clips I believe feel lighter than a loop knot. They break at 10lb, I figure if you break a clip when Trout fishing you’ve done something else very wrong.

[fmlycar]

I use clips for convenience also, but my connection knot is an orvis knot. Fast to tie and never failed me

[tiller_gorilla]

Interesting as i use clips too.even for kingys etc.
Interesting also to find the loop held up.quite surprising actually

[davidhiggins]

I was surprised to see I the Uni brake thought is was better knot than that glad I changed

[theseverinarm]

The main issues with clips opening though is from excessive lure changes. It would be interesting to conduct a test like the ones you did with clips that have been opened/shut say 5 or 6 times. Think you would see a difference. Have not fished with clips for a long time but I did like the Vanfook clips. Also the Halco lure clips were pretty well designed too but they didn’t exactly let the lure swim properly... not a big loop in the clip.

Harro’s loop knot for the win. Has only let me down once and it wasn’t the knot. It was the greasy S factor attractant that undid the knot

[scottnofish]

Interesting test mate, obvious question - why not tie a loop knot to the clip instead of the uni? Be interesting then to see if the clip is stronger than the loop knot?

[brockpohlner]

Try a perfection loop next time with heavy leader Deano. It’s a lot smaller profile than the lefty’s or rapala loop knots and has never failed me.

[kyfisher]

i was always told to use a clip rated higher than the leader so it makes sense the leader would snap first if you did this

[joshlittle]

Nice vid mate only thing that I've had go on clips if the fish open it up an rolls off

[freemansame]

I wonder how it would change the results if you use a TN knot or Palomar as the thin wire of the snap breaks the mono easily, im using Maria fighters snap for many years and im using TN or Palomar knot, no issues whatsoever

[CauseImFlawless]

What are those knot tightening tools? 7:30

thanks!

[warrenjones]

I’ll give a clip a go just need to track them down

[DeeperCurrents]

Should test the clip by tying the loop knot to the clip