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Yes it does. Lots of them.
We must have bought a bad batch of Rocky Mountain Tackle squids because 100% of the leader and hooks broke.
With nothing else in the tackle box except a few squid and a jake, I tried it out....
Well, the smoker will be chuck full tonight.
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They say necessity is he mother of invention, guess you proved it!
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Go on - tell us the rest of the story.
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Our stinger hooks kept breaking on out rocky mountain tackle squids too, glad to know it wasn't just us!
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[quote mattdaddy]Our stinger hooks kept breaking on out rocky mountain tackle squids too, glad to know it wasn't just us![/quote]
have you guys tried contacting the guys over at RMT? i bet they would replace your bad ones for you.
ive never had an issue with any of mine and all i use is RMT stuff
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or snell your own hooks and piggy back them together up tight, slide on the squid, presto
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I kept breaking the books off my squids too, I noticed that when I was taking them out of the fish I was pinching the line with my pliers, stopped doing that and haven't broke one since. Sportsmans has packs 10 double pre-tied books for around $5, I keep spares in my tackle box incase I break some off. The guys at RMT are awesome, I bet if you took them In they would help you out. Good Luck!
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Also, I dig the creativity! Props!
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+1
Look up how to snell knot your own hooks. It's really not too hard. Then you just have to buy squids and hooks. Much cheaper!!
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I only rarely tie double-hook rigs, but when I do, I tie the top (front) hook on with a sliding snell and the end hook with a fixed snell.
Sliding snells are simple. Run the hook up the line a few inches and then tie a uni-knot around the hook shaft and line with a separate piece of line.
Snell the trailing hook as usual. Done. Position the top hook as needed for the bait in use.
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[quote pookiebar]+1
Look up how to snell knot your own hooks. It's really not too hard. Then you just have to buy squids and hooks. Much cheaper!![/quote]
+1 on tying your own. I use the Gamakatsu Octopus hooks that work great. You can get them colored, pink, orange. Then you know you have good line.
Also +1 on not pinching your leader with your pliers.
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My back hook always ends up breaking eventually.. I started tying my own too very simple to do and then you can reuse the squid and the beads and blades.. just you tube on how to tie them up very simple and saves ya some time if you already have some pre tied before going out.. I like to use a little bigger hook than RMT uses.. slide the line through the squid and your back in business
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+1 +1. Snell your own for walleye or koke rigs, use better line/hooks, save money. All you need then is the jigs, spinners, beads etc. Those little red octopus hooks are pretty nice; also, can use a smaller diameter line; some of those prefab jobs you could tie your boat off with they're so heavy lb test
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I wait until they break and then re-tie them with 12 lb flouro and a#1 mosquito hook from owner . I know everyone uses #4 s but they are so small, hard to remove, and with the bigger hooks you may not hook as many shakers. Also one larger hook is easier to remove than 2 smaller ones when a fish is wiggling around in the net. I wish they made a stun gun you could zap the fish, it would stop moving for a short while, but wouldn't kill it, giving you the option to release it. Now someone will take that idea and make millions !!
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You could call it the "R-Eel Easy" lander, 'cause eels have been landing fish with electric shocks for eons.
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I have also had great success with RMT products, but this Kokanee gear was a huge disappointment.
To clarify, these weren't used squids. They were brand new out of the package. I tied the first two on and they both broke as soon as the poles bounced in the down riggers.
I repeated with another new set and both lines broke as soon as fish hit them.
We then opened another package and pulled on the leader and it snapped effortlessly.
I think the guys at RMT should know that they had a bad batch of line. I bought them at the same time, at Sportmans.
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that's a good idea; can you put a berk maggot on a number 1 ok?
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I too have had no problems with RMT products. However some time things just go south... Call RMT, they would like the input.
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I had no problem with the gulp maggots. They stayed on the hooks just fine.
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