i will try to explain how splicing wire to a hook using no crimps, but first a reason way, 

some charter boats learnt extra little tricks from venturing out with other operators from around the world this is one i was lucky enough to be shown,

for a charter boat using hooks and wire it become essential to stop electrolysis happening between crimp and stainless steel wire, regardless of which crimp was being used,

because charter boats are trolling virtually everyday and crimps and wire don't last more than 1 to two weeks before weakening.

this is what they needed to achieve a seasons use.

first the wire is 7 strand,

splitting the wire into 2 is possibly the hardest, you will end up with a 3-4 split, make sure they unwind with without any wire out of place they must come away evenly like in first pic,

second pic shows how you insert through eye of hook crossed over, if the cross over of the 2 strands do's not mesh back as one then swap one strand over, "like the one under to over the other"  this just a matter of trail and error, like only two ways it can go one is correct the other wrong,

work them so they fold into each other making the wire look as if it had never been parted in the first place, right back to the areas it was split from both sides.

right now with both ends laying back down the intact section of wire its quite capable of landing fish but to finish it nice and neat you can either heat shrink or as i have done wrapped it with wax thread finished off with half hitches.

   

    

i used to make a whole rig set up for SSports Papakura for the West coast game guys,

was very popular in its day because of the amount of Mako's that were hooked back then, 

i guess its like how many guys still wind on a spool of 800mts of line these days?

you have no one to blame other than yourself then if it beds itself into the line below and breaks off.

i still rip the line off with a drill and wind on through the rod at a tension i know is not going to cause a problem later on, another lost art being lost dew to people not have time.

 i rigger up with the clips years ago but dont think i ever got to use themi may have once,  i picked it up out of tips section in marlin mag 

 as for the rubbers they have been around for years i towed them for some time with no hits, they look good and i  still have one  but u would have to push me to run it , 

 i just stick to the lures that work for me and keep my bait fishing rigs  down to simple  simple still works