Hi, I'm BRAND new to this forum and this is my first post so please excuse how basic this is. I've just last year taken up fishing and I'm LOVING it. I'd really like to get better so I've been doing a bunch of research over the winter and it seams to me, like the guys that are really good don't use snap swivels to attach their lures. I'm not sure if this is just because they have a bunch of different rods so they are able to tie on the lure knowing that if they want to switch it up they can just grab a different rod with the different lure, or if there are times that a snap really isn't the best choice.
I'm wondering 2 things I guess,
1. in general what types of baits/lures are snap's ok to use
and,
2. If there is a lure that really should be tied, is it acceptable and a good idea to have a say... 3 ft. leader tied to the lure, that I could then tie a loop in the other end and use a snap swivel to the line of my rod so that I would in essence have the quick change of the snap, but the presentation at the lure of it being tied? Does this work? is there a down side?
Also as additional info incase it matters. for the time being I'm fishing for, about anything I can catch (mostly bass) casting off of docks and the shore.
Thanks!