Tying adjustable mooch rigs

Anyone tying their own adjustsble mooch rigs?  Any issues with using braided line for the sliding snell knot?  It's so much easier to wrap then mono.  I like making my own gear but sliding snell knot is a pita!

Yeah super easy. I started with sliding top hook but switched to two hard tied and its perfect.  Seagar floro blue label with gami hooks

With a sliding hook every time you adjust your weakening the line.

i can tie the hard tied rigs no prob. Just not the slider.  Meh

I tied a bunch, then realized, wrong hooks! SO, I have a bunch of striper rigs now. I prefer fixed, with braid to the trailer hook. Seems the sliders, well, slide, and your bait ends up crunched into a "U" after a while.

You can try dacron for the slider.

I've tied my own sliding rigs but much prefer fixed hooks. For mooching I only use 1 circle hook.  Like cam3087 I've noticed it fraying and weakening the line. 

Josh

Horse Mt. to Pt. Conception: When fishing with bait and angling by any means other than TROLLING1, no more than two (2) single-point, single-shank barbless CIRCLE HOOKS 2 shall be used. The distance between the two hooks must not exceed 5 inches when measured from the top of the eye of the top hook to the inner base of the curve of the lower hook and both hooks must be permanently tied in place (hard tied).

i guess eureka is excluded 

Yeah.  Fixed at the cove for mooching, but not necessary at tdad. Never really tried mooching for salmon until recently.  I'll try the braid for the slider, if that ain't workin I'll just go hard tied.  Thx

Yeah.  Fixed at the cove for mooching, but not necessary at tdad. Never really tried mooching for salmon until recently.  I'll try the braid for the slider, if that ain't workin I'll just go hard tied.  Thx

Braid loves to cut mono.

Yeah.  Fixed at the cove for mooching, but not necessary at tdad. Never really tried mooching for salmon until recently.  I'll try the braid for the slider, if that ain't workin I'll just go hard tied.  Thx

Braid loves to cut mono.

Duly noted

I like the sliders not only for trolling but for mooching north of Horse Mountain.  I check my leader after every fish, and I don't lose many due to breaking off.

To each his own, but I don't tie them.  $1.19/each is too easy to buy.  Eagleclaw is the way - crimps best.  Don't buy barbless - de-barb your own.

All my salmon this year, 10 client salmon, 100 pound thresher...  All slip rigs and nearly all trolled.