Thinking Anglers Compact Crimper

Crimping gives neat, strong connections and lets you duplicate hooklink length and loop size exactly, every time. That repeatability is why it suits chod and hinged sections, booms and loops, where a millimetre out changes how the rig sits.

The tool has two slots. Use the larger one for 0.55mm, 0.60mm and 0.65mm materials, and the smaller one for 0.50mm. Seat the crimp squarely in the recess, squeeze until you feel it crunch down, then test the connection before you fish it.

Specification

• 117mm long x 50mm wide
• Two crimping slots – large for 0.55–0.65mm, small for 0.50mm
• Supplied with 25 x 0.60mm crimps

Materials it is made for

• Recoil stiff link, 25lb and 30lb
• Think Link low-memory mono, 25lb and 30lb
• Tint Link 25lb
• Crimp Link fluorocarbon

The 25 crimps in the box will not last long once you get going – refill tins of 100 x 0.60mm crimps are stocked separately.