There are none better than properly sized steel wammies...





You can solidly support your snares at any angle. Even flat out on a steep beaver slide.

But are we talking about those tapered spring whammies? If so there Is no way you can convince me they are the way to go.

I can do that with a proper sized plastic whammy to. And they don't rust.

True.

I use vinyl tubing. It is not one size fits all but it can fit a range of cable/support wire size combinations. I have never found twist-on spring type 'universal' whammies to be satisfactory.

What ADC posted are the real whammies. Lot of guys erroneously call the twist on support...things whammies.

These don't rust either Beav. They are galvanized wire. You're missing out with the tube, even though it is the second best choice IMO.

The cone shaped things are pure junk in ALMOST everyone's opinion including mine. They sometimes, barely hold your snare on every sized wire, lol. There's no reason to use various sized cables and wires on my line. I use the same cable and same support wire for every snare I set. Buying the real wammies like I pictured in the correct size is easy and unless they get chewed, can be reused forever, same as good locks, swivels etc... they don't dry out and crack and they don't get harder to put on your supports based on the weather.

I'm in the second best category using tubing with 9 guage support wire although I use a mix of 5/64 And 1/16 cable they work very well with 1/16 not so much with 5/64 in our Canadian weather ..did have some old compression springs used with the wedge lock that I cut I half with work well with 5/64 cable tho

Inverted S

Spot on!

I second the inverted S

Aix,do you have a picture of the three toed yeti

With 14ga. wire

If I ever snare one, you’ll be the first to know!

I prefer the plastic tubing also, I use mainly 14ga wire along with some snare supports with 12ga wire welded to them and the stake system is a lot different than what ADC has pictured but to each there own.
If for what ever reason I didn't get a whammy on the snare I'm about to set I just bend a "U" into the wire then crimp it down slightly to hold the cable a trick from my long time friend Keith Gregerson.
Stay Safe out there !
Allan

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