Ok well you have heard me go on about power-gum loops over the last few
months and why i have gone away from rubber bands, taking the guys out
yesterday made me realise that not everyone knows what it is or how it
works.
So here are a few pics of how I like to set my power gum loops up, now
I use the stuff because it works and if one of the best skippers and
lure makers around suggested I try it I had to give it ago. now to be
fair my first try was a complete stuff up and ended in tears but the
man himself said to persevere and try again, following his advise I
have not looked back.
Using power gum means all your lures leader lengths need to be the same or pretty close to it.
It self explanatory if they are not the lures are all over the show and not on the face of the wave.
What I have done here is use a piece of 200lb leader as its easy to see, all my gear is 37.
ok you need to set the gear and get the lures running right, set the
first one up using a rubber band, this gives you the starting point for
your power gum.
now cut a piece of power gum to the size you want this is about 7 inches.
make a loop like so, it is the same as you would do for a uni knot.
then run up a few turns I only use 6
snug it up like so.
trim up the excess
now make a loop, this will be the size you want to have.
tie another uni and trim it up.
ok so this is what your left with, yip its a loop.
now wet the line and slide the two together like so, arh now it looks like a loop.
now test it out, you can see by my finger colour how much pressure i am putting on it.
notice the stretch compared to a rubber band is bugger all.
that is the final product and you can see the waste, its bugger all and can go in the bin.
now i use the loops on every release clip i have which is three of
them, pegs, roller trollers and clips, now you cannot use the power gum
on a tag line without a release or it will end in disaster.
you really only have to set up the loop once in a season, it stays on
your line and is so easy to set its not funny, you just need to mark you
rods for long and shorts etc.
Hope this helps a few of you if you wish to use it get hold of Dave [Obald]