Anyone got any pics of these connections? I'm off to Aitutaki in a month and would rather have it sussed before hand. A few have held good but others have let go really easily so I'm not too confident I'm doing the right thing to be honest.

I've tried a method where you weave the twist back on itself then whip some braid around it and rizzuto the finish like I would with my braided loops for fly fishing just on a bigger scale. Two held awesome but 2 others let go real easy.

As above or for twisties made with 60/80 or soft 100 mono, tying a uni to a swivel is fine.  Anything heavier a crimp is required or you can double it back up on itself (Making a short section ie 4 stand twisted a few inches long) finish with a nail knot. (I've never bothered doing this)

I tend to shy away from twisties when using sinking stickbaits as they may stand out more underwater. No worries for the big poppers though and I will go back to using them more around some nasty reefs in New Cal on my next visit. 

ps, Try and keep your bimini's short as they can get hung up the stripper guide when casting, under heavy casting forces this aint pretty...  that's the only negative out of this setup.

Cheers David

Stella has the twisties sussed and they are pretty tough.

 

FG is real easy though,I just keep practising and have got them to a point where unless fish tie of to the back of my ute and pull like a mother ****er they aint going to find any weakness,and im sure Ginga is using PR for casting aswell as jigging.Im sure you are familiar with PR.

Have seen some guys using wind ons and biminis as well but they have had a few issues when casting. As Ocean blue said it aint pretty when things go wrong whilst casting.

This is one of the guys. The braid can be seen attatched to a piece of mason solid strand nickle alloy, I gather this is typically used when there are wahoo and dogtooth tuna around?

Question though... How tight should the twist be? I made up 10 twisties out of 100lb mono getting an even twist throughout but I varied the degree of twist in each. I notice on Sjs pic his twisty is quite alot tighter than I made mine. Does it mater????

Also what brand/rating swivels for GT setups?

Cheers

I think it was Rod Barron or somebody that posted a vid, thats the method I use, nice and easy.

 

Aaron just give them a bit longer on the drill, thats how I got to get mine tighter. Not sure how much difference it makes but it certainly made the terminal end easier to deal with. But as you can tell, I'm no expert for sure

Cheers 

For the swivel connection in the first pic, I take it is doubled back on its self?

What brand swivel ? 

Ryan..have you tried twisty leaders for saltwaterfly? I made up a couple and they seem to work well, in theory anyway. Will put to the test in Tonga. 

Using Owner #8 400lb swivels,bit of an overkill but hey.