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just got myself into the downrigger crowd
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<blockquote data-quote="JB_24" data-source="post: 126877" data-attributes="member: 518"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">So basically this release will attach just above your cannonball instead of behind it like a traditional release. When a fish hits he will break the rubberband thus releasing the line from the downrigger. So what I do is put a loop in your line like shown below (this helps eliminate the rubber band "slipping" down to the flasher) then you run the rubberband thru the loop and then around itself. Before pulling everything tight make sure you wet the line and rubberband to avoid burning either of them. The free end of the rubberband hooks into the big jon release</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">.</span></span>[ATTACH]7273[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JB_24, post: 126877, member: 518"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=HelveticaNeue] So basically this release will attach just above your cannonball instead of behind it like a traditional release. When a fish hits he will break the rubberband thus releasing the line from the downrigger. So what I do is put a loop in your line like shown below (this helps eliminate the rubber band "slipping" down to the flasher) then you run the rubberband thru the loop and then around itself. Before pulling everything tight make sure you wet the line and rubberband to avoid burning either of them. The free end of the rubberband hooks into the big jon release .[/FONT][/COLOR][ATTACH=CONFIG]7273._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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