Everything you need to twist a trace

MAKING A PIKE TRACE BY TWISTING

Cut off a length of trace wire, about 2ft.


thread the wire through the eye of the hook and then back through so that you have, in effect, pushed a loop through the eye

Push the hook through the loop and slowly tighten as shown

Pull wire loop over eye and pull tight so that wire tightens on itself as shown

Clamp forceps to wire very tightly to hang at this angle, then swing forceps around wire……

…… so that it twists over main wire without overlapping (You’ll need to do a few before you get the knack!)

Trim off tight to main wire

Slide top treble onto wire to distance required and then fold as shown

Take three turns round shank of hook and then……

……thread through eye

Twist on swivel as described for first treble

One complete, twisted wire trace

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