Stopper Knot for bait

[MickA]

I just use those little skinny elastic bands. Dead cheap to buy a good size pack or even cheaper if you can salvage a few from work. Cut them to break the loop then a simple two loops around the snood, feed one end through the loops, wet it, pull tight and trim the ends to about 5mm. Tight enough to keep things in place but also easy enough to slide up or down if you need to move it.
The rig tubing is good aswell though you have to get the length right so that it folds over neatly otherwise it'll want to spring back into shape and make an 'L' shape with the snood.

[Sigsy]

I used to use the Rubber Float Stops kind of like these ones here (5th item down) Specialist Tackle - Manufacturers - Drennan - Clips, Tails and Stops but then when I was shown the loop through rubber tubing I found it to work pretty much the same, and a lot cheaper, and the tubing is also what I use for my pennel hooks aswell.

[phill_itofish]

i normally find the top hook of my pennel stops the bait canny lol

[peter.m]

Use power gum for my float stops in the summer.

Made patternosters for Ireland with a crimp at the top but power gum below the bottom bead. When a fish takes hard the snood slides down to the link and the lead lifts out of the way a bit like a pulley. Useful on the beach.

[yorkio]

3 m.m piece of silicone rig tube, pass line twice through it and pull,makes a nice moveable stop knot

Does that not put a big kink in the line if you move them?

[mambo2k7]

There's a particular knot that I've seen on ready made rigs that have a sequin below it in order to prevent the bait fleeing up the snood...

I use telephone/alarm wire. Cut a piece of wire about 4 inches long get a grip wire and wrap tel wire round grip wire ( sounds like a lot of wire LOL ) so it coils, get your hook with trace fit sequin then tel wire tighten then its done. I hope this makes sence

[Charlie_Thompson]

Does that not put a big kink in the line if you move them?

It does when I use them, it must weaken the snood a bit as well

[peter.m]

It does when I use them, it must weaken the snood a bit as well

Use amnesia or similar and a sharp pull straightens the snood

[Charlie_Thompson]

Use amnesia or similar and a sharp pull straightens the snood

I do Peter but you're still putting a Knot in the hooklength which has goot to cause a weak point, normally use 20 - 30lb so hasn't caused a problem yet. Not going fishing much also helps lesson the chances of a breakage