Rietvlei Trace

Here is a short tutorial of how I tie my Rietvlei traces.

Gummie stops, beads, swivels, hooks and weight.

This is what I use for the hooklinks.

This is what I use for the hooklinks.

This is what I use for the main shaft of the trace. Its the same stuff I use as a leader for casting

Now I attach the 17lbs line to the hooklink using a clinch-knot.

Then I slide a bead(to protect the knot), a weight(M1 in this case), gummie stop, another bead and then the swivel of a second hooklink onto the main shaft of the trace.

I then tie this double overhand knot in the top end of the main shaft line. This gets hooked onto a snap_swivel attatched to the leader and it enable one to easily change traces while fishing.