and as I was reading the very small print instructions, underway, the instructions flew off. (Bio degradible)

Any good illustrations on how to use it? I searched this site, and googled it, with no luck.

V/R
Scott

Robalo R260

 it isnt that hard to wrap wire

         Ben Arnold

1.  Lay the long leg of your wire (the one you're going to fish with) in the slot that goes full length and rotate the end so that it closes over your wire.

2.  Take the short end of your wire and push it through the hole in the barrel with your hook, lure, swivel or whatever in the loop at the point.

3.  While holding the loop fast (where your hook or lure is) in your left hand use your right to twirl the device while pressing towards your left so that BOTH wires twist and BEND around each other as evenly as you can - do not just bend one wire around the other.  While you are doing this the two sides of the wire going towards your loop/lure should lay in the grooves on the conical end.

4.  Once you have wound the wires seven times around each other then take short end out of the device and make it wrap a couple of times around the long piece in a tight "barrel" twist (this does not make for strength, just a smooth finish).  To do this the short end should be at a right angle to the long one and laying in the channel between the long part of the device and the conical end.

5.  The directions on a Malin pack say to then make a "crank" and twist it to break it off, but that always makes the barrel untwist a bit for me, leaving a snag, so i just take the short end and bend it back and forth until it breaks.  Check to be sure that it does not leave a snag.

6.  Untwist the device to open the groove so that you can take your wire out (assuming you've got a twist on both ends).

You'll get better with practice.  Malin is cheap.

WARNING!  This post is by an old fart with a dingy old boat who dreams about fishing more than he fishes.  I gladly share what I know (or think I know) and gladly read what others have to share especially if it is different from what I say.

Will, I know you are hardcore. I tried to Haywire the 131/174 LB Single Strand by hand and with Safety wire pliers, but ended up bleeding profusly!!!!

I used this tool and didn't get anymore wire wounds, and I beleive the Haywire would hold, but I don't think I used it properly.

So can you do your famous, how to picture tutorial with this test single wire by hand?

Can anyone point me to a pictorial of how to use it?

V/R
Scott

Robalo R260

is this what your looking for??   courtesy of Red Phillips....this is how i learned....

 Thanks for being patient with me.

Bluffman, I think I started using something similiar, but the problem was not with the pliers, but more with my hands on the free end side. The wire would unravel in my fingers either from Bally slime sweat or Wimpy fingers!!!

With the tool, I easily got the initial 4+ twists, but couldn't figure out how to put the Barrel? twists that finish it off, using the tool.

Will, what # is that wire and can you show where you put the pliers and your fingers?

V/R
Scott

Robalo R260

make em at home and "no slime"

Bluffman, I can rig the leader end at home but the way I was taught to rig the ballyhoo, I need to run the wire thru the BH and then put the twist in, then put the hook in the BH thae secure with copper wire.

So a cut off requires cutting the wire, running it thru the BH, then attaching the hook and doing the twist. 

V/R
Scott

Robalo R260

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeKyy094KnY

150# big eye      i caught in OBX rigged the same way.....might have been luck

BTW i just poke the wire thru the eyes too..

http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/fishingforum/Topic148326-33-1.aspx

Robalo R260

My wife is out of town right now and I don't think I can do a video alone.

Practice with # 7 or # 9 wire until you master the technique.  # 18 is hard on the fingers but #2 is harder.

CAUTION!!!  Don't be stingy with the amount of wire you use for the loop and wraps.  If you try to wrap with a very short tag end, you are gonna get punctured.

Life is too short to catch little fish.

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