Hey guy's and gal's
My downriggers only have 200ft of cable on them (manual) I would like to add maybe another 100 ft, can i use the locator style crimps or is there some thing else i should use

Cheers
Tony

Cheers Tony,

Scotty makes a sleeve that is used for joining the clip and that works great for splicing in extra line. The locator sleeves simply locate the downrigger snap and don't work for the process of splicing. I have an extra two rolls of s/s line if you are looking to purchase as I bought new downriggers and immediately took the ss off and put on braid.

Hope this helps.

If you use line crimps to join the lines together and then bury them into the spool they will corrode. I can't tell you how many cannon balls I have lost do to corroded crimps. Line is cheaper then new cannon balls. What I always did when I used SS line was buy 400-500 foot spools then if I had to cut some off, I could do so without having a short line. I then replaced my lines every two seasons.

Scotty dosen't even use crimps to attach the wire to the spool, they use a knot.

I now use braided line, and it can be tied together.

I was wondering how long they would last and also if they became loose
and loose your cannon ball, I was told that you have to have a special front pulley on your rigger as the braid will eat into it and then split, if this is not the case then i might try the braided line

Cheers
Tony

First I've heard of that, I've been running for a few years with no problems and I run light thin braid too(130#).

On splicing cable, commercial guys do it all time. I had an old double ender and the gurney spools probably had 10 different sections of line spliced together. It was done with a different sleeve then what you see from scotty though.

But try braid on one rigger and I promise you'll be a convert.

Thank-you for the info, what type of braided do you use and cost and life compared to s/s line

Cheers
Tony

Most of the guys are running Power-Pro for braided. I am using Scotty Braided and love it.

I too have never heard about problems with pully's.

It's the black Scotty sleeves, which I believe are brass the rot and fall apart when buried.

I was working in Sydney last week and stopped into Scotty to ask them about all the rumours that I've heard about using braid.The tech assured me that there were no concerns with using braid.
Dave

when installing braid is there anything special you have to do? How do you put the cannon ball clip on just tie it on and away you go? I would guess that there are special locators as well


Thank-you for your info
Cheers
Tony

I have been using Power Pro 200 for over a year and love it. Just ensure that you put lots of backing on the spool, so the counter (designed for thicker cable) is reasonably accurate. A Palomar knot works fine to tie on terminal gear. I suggest a snubber and gangon, especially if you bottom bounce, as the braid doesn't stretch like s/s cable.