Michigan stingers?????

[HOLY DIVER]

I have noticed that stingers do not come with split rings on the front! I have always ran them w/out with a snap swivel successfully but has any one found better success when they added a split ring to their MS spoons

[Hookedup]

I have never ran them with split rings. Most of my spoons with split rings I have removed the rings, I think you get better action from the spoon with a good quality light swivel and no ring.

[Storm Warning II]

I purposely remove the front ring from ALL my spoons before putting them in the box. I think the snap-swivel on the terminal end of your gear is sufficient to produce action.

[Billy V]

If the spoon comes with a split ring I generally leave it on. If it doesn't come with one I generally fish it like that.

[times two]

I agree with Billy V....if it comes with it I leave it on.

'Bout the only changes I made were last year on some

of the new Dreamweaver Super Slims we were changing

out the hooks for slightly larger ones, based upon the success

of another local captain....

John

[jimski2]

If you tie a piece of line directly to a split ring and the other end to a solid ring, pull and see which end breaks first. I think the split ring squeezes out and the flat edges cut the string. Luhr Jensen lures when they were out of Oregon always used solid rings because they felt the split rings cut the line. On a copper split ring, I had it straighten out and lost the lure once.

[waterlogged]

I agree with BillyV this time!!

I was told fish it the way it came.

[Yankee Troller]

I agree with BillyV this time!!

I was told fish it the way it came.

Yeah, he knows what he is talking about on some occasions!

[LongLine]

I only agree with Billy V half way. But hey, I'm from the Genny...

If it comes with a ring, I leave it on. If it doesn't, I put a small good one on it. I do this because I haven't found a snap as round as a ring & occassionally have been known to tie direct.

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[Gill-T]

Leave the ring, and attach just a barrell swivel ( no clasp, usually Spro-SOLID ring). Your knots will be stronger, you get the anti-twist feature of a bearing swivel and you don't have to worry about a clasp opening up. Changing lures is done by back up rods. If your hot spoon is going cold, line up your back up rods with different spoons and replace in mass. I have a wacked out theroy that ball bearings spinning around produce a small electric charge that fish can sense as something alive.......just a theroy.

[Chasin Tail]

The only time I add a split ring to a M. Stinger is if we are trolling faster than usual. Though I do know another Capt. in our marina that puts them on every spoon he owns and it works for him.