{"product_id":"rio-toothy-critter-twist-clip-swivel-leader","title":"Rio Toothy Critter 3.0 Twist Clip \u0026 Swivel Leader","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rio Toothy Critter 3.0 Twist Clip and Swivel Leader is a complete, ready-to-fish bite leader for anglers chasing fish that will cut a standard tippet in half. It arrives as one assembled unit: a tapered nylon leader, a micro swivel, a knottable wire bite section and a Rio Twist Clip at the fly end. You loop it to your fly line and you are fishing. No wire knots, no crimps, no haywire twist on a rocking boat with a musky following your fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the leader for pike, musky, barracuda, bluefish, mackerel and anything else that ends a day early by biting through 20 pound fluorocarbon. It is equally at home on a northern pike flat and off the back of a skiff, and the Twist Clip means changing between a big streamer and a popper takes seconds rather than costing you six inches of wire each time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTaper Profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe front end of the leader is a tapered nylon class section, which does the casting work. Rio attaches the 20 pound wire bite tippet to a 20 pound class tapered leader, and attaches the heavier 30 pound and 45 pound wire options to a 30 pound class tapered leader, so the class section is always matched to the bite section it is carrying. The butt and taper are built heavy enough to turn over the large, air-resistant flies these species require, then transition through the micro swivel into the wire. Total length is 7.5 feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy We Like It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure point in most homemade toothy rigs is the connection, not the wire. Tying nylon to wire well takes practice, and a hurried haywire twist on the water is how anglers lose the fish of the season. Rio solves it with two pieces of hardware instead of knots: a micro swivel joins nylon to wire and kills the line twist that big streamers generate on the retrieve, and the Twist Clip attaches the fly without you cutting and rebuilding the wire on every change. The knottable wire is genuinely knottable if you do want to modify it, and it keeps the abrasion resistance that makes wire worth using in the first place. For most anglers this is simply a better rig than what they would build themselves, at a price that makes carrying spares easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTotal Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tapered nylon leader, micro swivel, knottable wire bite tippet, Rio Twist Clip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClass Strengths:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20lb and 30lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWire Bite Strengths:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20lb, 30lb and 45lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePairings:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20lb wire on 20lb class, 30lb and 45lb wire on 30lb class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConnection:\u003c\/strong\u003e Loop to loop at the fly line, no knots required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pike, musky, barracuda and other toothy species\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rio","offers":[{"title":"20lb \/ 20lb","offer_id":50629497946345,"sku":"SKU730884247405","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"20lb \/ 30lb","offer_id":50629497979113,"sku":"SKU730884247412","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"30lb \/ 30lb","offer_id":50629498011881,"sku":"SKU730884247429","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"30lb \/ 45lb","offer_id":50629498044649,"sku":"SKU730884247436","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/1846\/1673\/files\/17134-large.png?v=1785761761","url":"https:\/\/www.tridentflyfishing.com\/products\/rio-toothy-critter-twist-clip-swivel-leader","provider":"Trident Fly Fishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}