Why add a loop on your hooklength?
What’s the point of a loop on the hooklength near the swivel? Big fish angler Mark Bryant answers your top rig-related questions
The loop at the swivel end of the hooklink serves some very important functions. The most obvious one is to quick-change the hooklink to change rigs etc. and this can be done very quickly without altering the lead set-up with a quick-change clip. This allows the angler to carry various rigs that can be changed in a split second.
The other is to allow freedom of movement of the hookbait (if that’s what you want? Easy in, easy out, food for thought.), especially if you are using stiffer materials like coated braids or the excellent fluorocarbons out there. With these products being stiff in nature it can be beneficial to allow movement at the swivel end to allow the bait to move as opposed to being anchored in position.
The loop also aids the hooklink in lying over debris instead of possibly pointing bolt upright from the lake if the material had been tried directly to the swivel and obstructed by a twig, stone or weed etc., - something we would never be aware of sitting behind the rods.
To keep the loops in tiptop condition, get yourself a puller tool so you can stretch the loops into position, but be careful not to catch the swivel against the material as this will cause a kink. Keeping the loops perefectly round will improve the rig’s performance.
