Worm harness issues
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We slammed the eyes off the Dreamweaver worm burners yesterday with no issues since they are steel leaders 
Oldschool
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Where can I buy themWe slammed the eyes off the Dreamweaver worm burners yesterday with no issues since they are steel leaders
There was one silver back wonder bread at @Lake Erie Bait and Tackle when I was in yesterday. I've seen them at Lambeth rod and tackle also at both angling outfitters and sports
lazywave
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How do you like the knot so kinky. I looked into it to tie harnesses for this reason but the guys at both angling outfitters and kingsway talked me out of it saying it has low breaking strength
Yalleye makes some real nice steel ones.
Wackm Tackle
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Our harnesses are tied with 30lbs flouro.
Erie Tracker in Port Colbourne is where I get all of my harnesses and they carry a huge selection or you can shop online https://www.yaleyefish.ca/site/shop-online/category/walleye-worm-harness-lures
lazywave
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No offense and not trying to start an argument here as I love all your other products. But last year I bought 9 of your harnesses for a tournament and after one day of fishing only 4 remained. They were all breaking part way down the leader either from the beads or the blade clasps
HawgHauler
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FYI I have been tying my own with 20 lb seaguar fluorocarbon for 15 years and no issues. I used 20 lb initially for pike and the 20 lb holds up pretty well to pike as well. Once it gets a little fraid from a pike I retie
gilfisher
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Dutch fork clevis ...no friction ..never lost a harness because of that issue. They say quick change for the blade..sure but I find if you dont tighten up the clasp you can lose a blade. I just use pliers to squeeze up tight which takes away the quick exchange feature.. that I never use anyway. Its money well spent. 
Friction from beads and clevis will wear on the leader line..looks like a tree a beaver was chewing on. eventually it will cut through. Running my harness at 2+mph or along side cranks and spoons it would wear badly all the time using 20lb mono or floro. Later started using 30lb big game which helped but still had to retie them befor the next run. I tie all my harness with Berkley 7strand wire..the only thing that's shows wears now are the beads.
I would suggest either slow down to crawl like 1-1.5mph to avoid friction wear on the leader or start using wire for the leaders if you like to troll faster.
Wackm Tackle
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Not sure what to say to that, I torture tested 2 harnesses last year. One took 32 fish, the other 26 (walleyes of course) before they were finished. How fast were you trolling? Did u switch up the clevices? We only fish with our harnesses, and never have any issues. Please pm if you would like to discuss, as we stand by everything we produce. Thx
Oldschool
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Thanks for the input. Never used harnesses before last week may have ran to fast on my friends 26ft sea swirl running just under 3mph low as she will go. May look into drift bags to slow her down. Harnesses used had 17pound test. But brand new out for 20min. And then the hooks and beads break off. Also had a couple of big bows break off after down riggers released possibly too much drag. I'll keep all your options open. Thanks
Fish Farmer
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I use a folded clevis making my own and use 40 lb. Flora.
But I still check for line burn.
I have made them out of Mono too and make the line longer so to retie after checking the burn spot to retie the hooks.
Some Big blades will cut into your line Too.
But I still check for line burn.
I have made them out of Mono too and make the line longer so to retie after checking the burn spot to retie the hooks.
Some Big blades will cut into your line Too.
