New Angular: Fishing Hamilton: 2015

[MuskieBait]

You can save one swivel by tying a loop at the bottom of the rig. Using the loop, you can use the same technique to snell on the sinker. The bottom swivel is nice to reduce so twist to your line generated by the sinker when you retrieve, but if you have a good swivel at the top, that's not much of an issue in my experience.

If fish are very line shy, the double line created by the dropper loop is much more visible. You can cut one side of the loop (I usually cut the bottom turn of the loop). Imagine the loop as the ear or handle of a mug. Cut the bottom end of that ear or handle, and now you have a length of single line to tie your hook. This reduced your line visibility.

However, if you are fishing in areas where the bottom is rough and you need abrasion resistance, it is better to keep the loop intact. If you have toothy fish, it is also best to keep the loop intact.

There are many variations of this rig that you can use almost anywhere by changing the length of the dropper, the distance between the sinker and the hooks, line diameter, and even reverse the order of the sinker and hooks. You can tie flies instead of hooks and make larger sabiki rigs, and depending on how you fish it, you can fish multiple baits very close to the bottom to search for bottom hugging fish, or fish it straight to search the water column for suspended fish. It is extremely versatile.