Crawler Harness Storage Solution #281

Just another crawler Harness Storage Solution for ya to ponder.

All crawler harnesses are tied with Snell Knots on the hooks and an Non Slip Loop knot on the connection end.

Use a loop to loop knot to connect the leader to the crawler harness.

To me, this is much more than a storage solution. It is increased efficiencies on the water.

If i need a longer leader or shorter leader, i do not ever need to mess with my crawler harnesses, i only mess with the leader. When changing harnesses from one to another, it only takes a few seconds to loop one off and loop another on. There’s no 3-10′ of additional line to wrap up or have flying around the boat. I can leave my rods over the side of the boat, swing the harness to my hand, set rod back in rod holder, and change the loop to loop harness. I don’t have to have weight or bottom bouncer in the boat to change the harness.

Storage efficiencies… I can fit 5 to 6 harnesses per inch of foam noodle. If you control the size of your loop, almost no tangling occurs. (Loop to big and blades can slip inside another harnesses loop, easily untangled, but avoidable) You can get away with a small loop on the harness (Smaller than blade diameter), but the leader should have a loop large enough to slip over all crawler harness components (Blade).

I’ll add 8 photos to show you the knots, storing on a noodle, and one of just a single harness. Also, it is very easy to run your fingers through the harnesses to pick one out or to put one back. No tangling. None.

I have always been a fan of crawler harnesses but never liked using them. Storage was always so bulky and changing them out was also a pain…Just never efficient enough for me or my style of fishing. This solution to me is equivalent to the smitty sled ice fishing.

These loop knots are near 100% strength. Quick to tie, easy to learn.
The loop to loop does not degrade the loops strength and they also easily come apart even after extensive use.

Just one of hundreds of solutions to store crawler harnesses.
Loop to Loop is used on many things from tarpon to salmon. Why not apply it to crawler harnesses.
Here ya go

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I keep them in a cheap walmart box.
You can easily fan through them with your fingers.

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Here’s your knots

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View of back side of noodle.
Room for more? I suppose you could. Might get too busy.

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Looks good to me. I always hated trying to keep and wrap up the long lines of spinner rigs. Trying to wrap up and put a rig back in a small bag is almost impossible too.

That’s flipping genius, thanks for sharing Andy.

Nice idea FishBlood!

Question about the blades – do you get them pre-painted or do you buy blanks and paint your own? I assume you paint your own but just curious if you had preferences for pre-painted.

I do about the same with all my fly rigs. I cut paper clips into a small S shape and stick those into the noodle, wrap the rig and stick the hook in. Works awesome and fast.
Also do it with pre-rigged 3-ways. I run the stick weight into the noodle, wrap it, and stick the fly in. Takes only seconds to swap a rig out

I’ve had such bad luck with loop knots I’ve stayed away from them for years. Tried many different types with constant breaking off.

Will have to give these a try.

Similar feelings, love spinners, hate dealing with em.

Great idea. I’m going to try this out. Having to have multiple different lengths is a pain but necessary. This will make life easier for me. Thank you for sharing.

That’s a real “why the heck am I just learning this now?” type of trick!

Thanks for sharing that, Andy.

Timmy wrote:

That’s a real “why the heck am I just learning this now?” type of trick!

Thanks for sharing that, Andy.

Well this Andy is just learning now too.

All that jewelry…oh, the possibilities

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zooks wrote:

Question about the blades – do you get them pre-painted or do you buy blanks and paint your own? I assume you paint your own but just curious if you had preferences for pre-painted.

I don’t paint blades. These can all be purchased from netcraft.

Deuces wrote:

I’ve had such bad luck with loop knots I’ve stayed away from them for years. Tried many different types with constant breaking off.

Be sure to use the knots I showed.
I do apply some Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails to my knots.

There are a lot of bad loop knots out there, I use some for certain applications, just got to account for it.

Single hook rigs you can stagger the hooks and really pile them on a noodle.

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Cool idea!

Great tip, thanks for sharing.

What are you using for line, FBR?

shady5 wrote:

What are you using for line, FBR?

That’s personal preference mostly. These are all 14# flourocarbon, which is stiff enough for the blades to spin well.

Here’s 199 rigs on 28.5″ of noodles… 6.9/in

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That is a great idea! Going to give it a try, thanks for sharing. As with FBRM, I use mostly 12-14lb fluro when making me rigs.

Bumping for others to view.

This has been working great for me!

I’ve been using these on my leaders to quickly attach harnesses!

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Who’s modified their rigs?
Anybody find any glaring improvements on this system?

This is a well dam moment for me. Thank you for this

Bearcat89 wrote:

This is a well dam moment for me. Thank you for this

Your welcome. It is really a whole new look at an old game.

I’ve been waiting for this to hit the market since i posted. Though I wouldn’t see a dime, it would be fun to be the one to launch the movement.