I’ve got 2 15cm SG line thru trout that we’re good baits last season.
They’ve been sat in my lure box over the summer and they’ve both developed kinks that is stopping them swimming properly.
I’d there any trick to straighten them ???
I was thinking off soaking them in boiling water the hanging them in the hope they’d straighten out !?!
Straightening SP’s
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Flipflopjoe
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Joe Birch
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JohnCopeman
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Re: Straightening SP’s
Boiling them releases " Binding Polymers". Sometimes if it's not too bad simply turning them over in the box can be enough if the kink isn't too bad.
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Steve Le maitre
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Re: Straightening SP’s
Yes that will straighten them out, don’t be afraid of holding them in for a while. Watch that steam on thy hands - it kills 
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Re: Straightening SP’s
Coolio !
Cheers lads, giving it a go now
Cheers lads, giving it a go now
Joe Birch
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Re: Straightening SP’s
Flipflopjoe wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30 2020 19:24 -Let us know how you get onCoolio !
Cheers lads, giving it a go now
Grant
Grant Everson
To that one soul reading this
I know your tired fed up and close to braking
But theres strength within you even when you feel week
You've come too far to give up now
Stay strong and keep fighting
To that one soul reading this
I know your tired fed up and close to braking
But theres strength within you even when you feel week
You've come too far to give up now
Stay strong and keep fighting
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Re: Straightening SP’s
Crackoff wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01 2020 08:21 -It worked well !Flipflopjoe wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30 2020 19:24 -Let us know how you get onCoolio !
Cheers lads, giving it a go now
Grant
I gave them 3 or 4 doses of boiling water in a tub then I clamped there tails flat on the edge of a shelf and let them hang until they’d cooled and they look loads better.
Haven’t tested if they swim properly yet tho.
Joe Birch
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Re: Straightening SP’s
I usually just lie mine in the sink and slowly pour a kettle of boiling water over them then take them out once cooled. Works for me and is no fuss.
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Flipflopjoe
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Well just to close, it worked a treat
The trout are swimming swimmingly !
In fact, 4 out of 6 fish I caught today came to the albino one
The trout are swimming swimmingly !
In fact, 4 out of 6 fish I caught today came to the albino one
Joe Birch
“There’s a fine line between fishing, and standing on the bank like an idiot!”
“There’s a fine line between fishing, and standing on the bank like an idiot!”
