Slinky Weight

Damn I love and hate your video’s! Love to learn the new tips and tricks. Hate that I always end up spending some money to make new things now LOL. Thanks for another great video!!!

Thanks for the info Damon. Your slinky weight solution will get a try in my boat this year. I have about 200′ of that recommended cord to get started with.

Damon – Great video and I appreciate your link to the Braided Nylon Sleeving on E-Bay. I’ve been making slinky weights for years but I use flat nylon shoe laces filled with #4 Buckshot for my slinky weights. I have been looking for some other kind of sleeve to use to make my weights and the braided nylon sleeve you use is just what I have been looking for. I just ordered some 3/8″ from e-bay. Good timing to view your video as this is the time of year I make my slinky weights since our rivers up north are frozen solid. You might like the buckshot for your slinky weights it is heavier than BBs so you don’t have to use as much and you can keep your slinky weights shorter.

I enjoyed your video – You mentioned you did not understand why some folks put a hole in the end of their slinky weights. I make a hole in the end of my weights and put a snap swivel through the hole. The reason I do that is that as the slinky weight slides along the bottom it twists and turns and eventually you main line will get twisted up. The snap swivel I use helps prevent line twists and it also facilitates making slinky weight changes. I try to match how heavy my slinky weight is to match my drift speed so I can keep a near vertical presentation.

I noticed you drop shot rig your presentation but I normally run a santee cooper type rig for my presentation. My main line is attached to a 3-way swivel and then I have my slinky weight attached to the 3-way swivel drop and then a 18″ to 20″ leader usually with a float about 4″ or so in front of the hook. The float holds the hook & bait up in the strike zone and helps in not getting hung up too much.

I like your drop shot presentation technique and will have to give that a try this season. With the near vertical presentation and a heavy enough slinky weight it should be virtually snagless.

Keep the videos coming I enjoy your presentations.

Fisherpaul, hehe! That’s fishing, hey?

Blood, thx. Let me know how it goes.

Steve, where do you get your buckshot?

Hey Damon – I bought my buckshot at Cabela’s. They sell it in 5 lb boxes. That will make quite a few slinky weights. The #4 is a perfect size and it is easy to load in a sinker sleeve – just go to McDonalds and get a few of their drink straws. They are larger than a normal straw and the #4 buckshot or even BBs will slide right down them into the slinky weight sleeves. It makes making the sinkers really easy and fast.

There was a gun shop near my home and I stopped in there one day and asked the owner if he had any lead shot or buckshot that gets thrown out. I told him I was making Slinky Sinkers and he went in the back and came out with a coffee can fully of small shot from bird hunting shells. It was pretty small shot but I didn’t care and it made great slinky weights. Sad to say but the shop went out of business. I’m always looking for stuff that would fit in a Slinky Weight sleeve.

I don’t know if you have ever looked at how much Slinky Weights cost but they are really expensive if you buy them from a Sporting Goods store. Always makes me feel good when I am making expensive sinkers for peanuts – especially 4 to 6 ounce Slinky Sinkers. I make a ton of them every winter just to help the time go by.

Go to the Fishing Articles Forum – I did a couple of articles on making sinkers. I make some heavy drifting sinkers out of large nails that work pretty good too. Of all the sinkers I make – I like the Slinky Weights the best.

Steve you should send Damon a couple of those scented sponge holders or a link on how to make those. Those were pretty slick too!

You can also make a similar weight using a swivel and tag line. Put on however many 1/2 oz egg sinkers and whack the last one with a hammer.

Solid information, guys! I like the nail idea as well. Gonna go check it out now.