Stainless insulators
Johnnyt707
2015-03-08 21:14:36
hey guys I was down in Half Moon bay Ca. and saw a few trollers with stainless insulators on the ends of the taglines. i doubt they are insulators but they looked nicer than my porcelain ones that are chipped and failing. Anyone have these or know where i can order them?
gumpucky
2015-03-08 23:05:29
Got mine at Murray Pacific in Sitka. Be prepared to pay if I remember right around $25 apiece.
Johnnyt707
2015-03-09 01:23:02
Thank you. I will give them a call tomorrow.
Scotthmt
2015-03-09 02:44:51
Any reason to go for these over the porcelain or the plastic Scotty's?
Yea, they short out the wire. They look great and are very durable. I have a set to sell. Went back to the Scotty nylon insulators. I guess that's why they call them "insulators."
Johnnyt707
2015-03-09 15:32:34
I sent you a PM Lulu
Johnnyt707
2015-03-10 03:10:56
I guess you don't want to sell lulu so I ordered from murray pacific really nice people. $30 each if anyone is looking for them. Thanks
I've been hauled out for the last 3 weeks. Priority is getting the boat back in the water
gumpucky
2015-03-11 16:22:51
Wow..they've come up in price...figures! Under the impression that as a nylon ins. wears a groove it has a tendency to hang the wire up and cause the wire to pigtail. guess that wouldn't be an issue if you kept your ins. changed out.
Salty
2015-03-12 07:39:54
Guys, I stopped using fair leads about two years ago. I just make a loop of Oregon twine at the depth I want and clip my tag into it. There are a variety of nice SS snaps available. If I snag up the loop breaks and I cast out to retrieve the tag.
Fair leads don't work so well on bow poles and after a while I just started using the loops on the mains as well. It is really ni ce when you run a snap into the fair lead and the block and it doesn't ruin the snap. Also nice not to have to work around the fair lead when hauling or setting gear.
If anyone is interested I can send pics next time I am out.
Crawfish
2015-03-12 17:54:48
Salty,
Please do as I am interested in seeing your technique.
Jackson
2015-03-12 18:05:30
Yes, I'd be interested too.
curmudgeon
2015-03-12 19:58:07
Me too... Heck I'll even contribute to Jon again!
Once and Future
2015-03-12 23:58:28
Occurs to me that since the wire wears a groove in the nylon insulators, a stainless insulator might fight right back, and be abrasive on the wire.
Salty
2015-03-13 07:20:47
Ok, guys I will take some pics next time out.
Always interested in a new way to skin the cat (we have 2 of them). Snooters really tear up the insulators using 65# leads. When ya going fishin" again? No pressure
Salty
2015-03-14 23:41:03
When the weather breaks.
For the guys interested in the SS insulators, Leroy Reiner makes them. He owns Trimac MFG. (408) 988-0131 He used to fish a boat named Blue Fin. He also makes crab rope cutters which really work. I haven't spoken to Leroy for a couple of years. If he's not working, his son was staged to take over the business.
Salty
2015-03-20 23:40:04
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This is a picture of the clip attached to an Oregon twine loop.
Salty
2015-03-20 23:42:05
I put the knot next to the wire so it is easy to pull out when I change depths.
Salty
2015-03-20 23:44:08
You can see the spreader bar as an additional break safety. In all cases so far the twine has broken.
Salty
2015-03-20 23:51:41
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I have a killer cord bungee hanging from each side of the cockpit cover. When running mains and floats I clip the tag into it as it is right there and they are out of way.
When fishing bow poles I have a hook drilled into the aluminum deck cover right where the tag comes up and just clip from loop and into the hook.
Salty
2015-03-20 23:54:37
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Salty
2015-03-20 23:56:13
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Scotthmt
2015-03-21 20:53:12
So every time that stop comes up or goes down you have to clip on or clip off the tagline?
Salty
2015-03-22 13:00:58
Yes, but just takes a second. Then you don't have to deal with fair leads. For me it balances out favorably. And I can fool with my tag length becuse I don't have to have it just right for the fair lead to ride up out of the way.
Flyer
2017-02-04 16:36:29
Salty, why the dog bone? Also, is that the heaviest Oregon leader?
Salty
2017-02-24 17:28:30
I see that this thread ended when I actually posted a picture of my system that eliminates fairlead/insulators. Has anybody switched over?
I used your system for Coho last summer - the only real difference being I used a large SS shrimp pot snap instead of the West Marine style snap in your pictures.