Slide Diver Lite Bite
Instructions
Watch this instructional video to help you get started using the Slide Diver Lite Bite.
The spring is for monofilament line, it creates a nice radius in which the drag weight of the diver is transmitted onto the fishing line. Monofilament, which was the line most fishermen used when the Slide Diver Lite Bite was invented, holds very well.
The new fabric or braided fishing lines are a different story. For these lines, we have substituted the vinyl tubing for use, where the spring had previously been used and is still currently used with monofilaments. The vinyl tube is just soft enough to grab the new braided lines. One final note: Don't use the vinyl tubing with monofilament. The monofilament actually sticks too well to the vinyl and will cut it.
If slippage continues to be an issue, the surgical tubing the line passes through to be protected as the arm presses down on it can be rotated 180 degrees, as shown below. Adding this along with the use of the vinyl tubing versus spring, has virtually eliminated this problem in using fabric or braided lines. There are some fishing lines that may still cause a problem when trying to use them with the Slide Diver or Slide Diver Lite Bite, they tend to have a silicone based agent and just won't work with Slide Diver or Slide Diver Lite Bite.
Braided Line vs. Monofilament
When using braided line with the Slide Diver Lite Bite, the diver at times would tend to slide on the line. That's a problem we used to hear from users of the Slide Divers & Slide Diver Lite Bite. When using fabric or braided line, replacing the spring with the vinyl tubing has solved most of the slippage issue. The vinyl tubing is a recent addition and now comes with each #1 Slide Diver and Slide Diver Lite Bite.The spring is for monofilament line, it creates a nice radius in which the drag weight of the diver is transmitted onto the fishing line. Monofilament, which was the line most fishermen used when the Slide Diver Lite Bite was invented, holds very well.
The new fabric or braided fishing lines are a different story. For these lines, we have substituted the vinyl tubing for use, where the spring had previously been used and is still currently used with monofilaments. The vinyl tube is just soft enough to grab the new braided lines. One final note: Don't use the vinyl tubing with monofilament. The monofilament actually sticks too well to the vinyl and will cut it.
If slippage continues to be an issue, the surgical tubing the line passes through to be protected as the arm presses down on it can be rotated 180 degrees, as shown below. Adding this along with the use of the vinyl tubing versus spring, has virtually eliminated this problem in using fabric or braided lines. There are some fishing lines that may still cause a problem when trying to use them with the Slide Diver or Slide Diver Lite Bite, they tend to have a silicone based agent and just won't work with Slide Diver or Slide Diver Lite Bite.
