| Carolina Keepers may be a godsend. If you're like me | | | | banging against each other knocks them loose to aid |
| and don't like to spend your valuable fishing time | | | | in avoiding snags in the brush or in rocks.Line twists |
| tying knots, these are for you.If you use Carolina | | | | with Carolina Keepers is almost non-existent and you |
| Rigs, you are going to love these babies. They make | | | | can feel much more confident with your rig by not |
| the rigging process so much faster and you can | | | | having a couple of more knots on a swivel. I like the |
| change leader lengths on the fly. They can also be | | | | idea of being tied directly to the hook and not |
| used for catfishing and using live bait. My preference | | | | needing to "feel" through the swivel.One thing to be |
| is plastics.Rather than having to tie to a swivel, then | | | | careful of is what happens when you hang up. For |
| tie a leader to a swivel, then tie the leader to the | | | | instance, if your weights become hung on the |
| hook (already I'm getting tired), you simple tie to the | | | | bottom between rocks and you pull hard on the line |
| hook. Here's how it works...To put a Carolina Keeper | | | | to free it, the Keepers might slide down the line. If |
| on your line you simply squeeze the Carolina Keeper | | | | this happens, you might want to move them up the |
| with needle-nose pliers. It has a slit that opens when | | | | line, cut off some line and retie the hook. This is |
| squeezed and you place the line through the hole and | | | | because when the Keepers slide on the line, they can |
| release the pliers. Use the same method to adjust | | | | scrape and damage the line. Just be careful and |
| the leader length. Pretty tough, huh?The Carolina | | | | check your line often.I have never been the best at |
| Keeper is great for use with sliding sinkers because it | | | | tying knots (or wanting to) and these eliminate that. I |
| eliminates the need for split shot or swivels to keep | | | | hardly ever get hung up anymore. If I do, popping |
| your sinker above the bait. The Keeper can be easily | | | | the weights up and down will dislodge them almost |
| adjusted up or down the line to change your leader | | | | every time, and this method seems to go through |
| length. You can easily make adjustments without | | | | grass real well.You can find Carolina Keepers in your |
| having to change the whole rig. If it slips or if you are | | | | favorite sporting goods store or by searching online. |
| using a larger weight, adding a second keeper will | | | | Have fun.---- |
| keep the weight in place.One good idea is to use two | | | | By Bobby IvieBobby Ivie is an avid fishman and |
| Carolina Keepers on the hook side below two lighter | | | | owner of He makes the biggest part of his living on |
| weights. This will cause the weights to make a noise, | | | | the Internet, NetBizWorkshop.netThis article may be |
| especially if you shake them in brush piles (even | | | | reprinted as long as this source box is added and the |
| more so with tungsten weights). Also, the weights | | | | source box hyperlinks are kept intact. |