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And one trick that I have learned to prevent the loss of a snap weight is to thread on a snap swivel on to the ring attached to the red plastic snap. Attach the red plastic snap to the line as instructed and open the snap swivel and attach to your line. The other trick that may not be evident is after hooking a fish, reel up to the snap, remove it while keeping tension on the fish. This will prevent the weight from smacking the fish in the head and reduce the number of lost fish.
You can also put a barrel swivel on your main line a few feet above your lure/bait, so the snap weight will stop there should it come free during the fight. This way it won’t slide down and hit your fish.