Centro Stainless Steel Loop Protector
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For serious game fishers and commercial liners, the connection point between the leader and the hook is the single most critical failure point. Centro Stainless Steel Loop Protectors (often called armour springs) reinforce this vulnerable area, providing a flexible, abrasion-resistant barrier that prevents heavy-gauge hooks and swivels from sawing through monofilament or wire leaders under load.
Features:- Abrasion Defence: Creates a steel-on-steel contact point with the hook eye, completely eliminating line chafing during prolonged fights.
- Preserves Action: Unlike rigid plastic thimbles, the spiral spring design maintains loop flexibility, ensuring lures and live baits swim naturally.
- Custom Fit: Supplied in continuous lengths or sticks that can be cut to exact requirements, allowing for perfectly sized loops on any rig.
Sales Tips:
Benefit: The spiral construction distributes pressure evenly across the loop radius rather than creating a single pinch point. Tell customers this significantly increases the knot or crimp strength by preventing the line from flattening out under the extreme tension of a strike.
How to Use: Slide the protector over the leader before crimping. For the best finish, trim the spring so it sits just inside the loop without fouling the crimp, ensuring the hook eye rolls smoothly over the stainless surface, not the line.
Retailer Value Proposition:
- System Sale: The natural upsell for every purchase of heavy leader (100lb+), sleeves, and crimping tools.
- High Rotation: A consumable terminal tackle item that pro-riggers and commercial boats replenish in bulk throughout the season.
- Stock Advantage:Centro maintain deep, NZ-based inventory levels ensuring overnight replenishment with few backorder gaps.
Technical Dimensions:
- Material: Marine Grade Stainless Steel (Coil/Spring Construction)
- Application: Heavy Tackle Rigging (Game Fishing, Deep Dropping, Hapuka/Bluenose Rigs)
- Compatibility: Monofilament, Fluorocarbon, and Multi-strand Wire
Technical Range and Variations:
| Internal Diameter | Recommended Line Class |
|---|---|
| Small (Approx 1.0mm - 1.5mm) | Light Game / Kingfish Leaders |
| Medium (Approx 1.6mm - 2.0mm) | Standard Game / Tuna and Marlin (200lb - 300lb) |
| Large (Approx 2.2mm+) | Heavy Game / Commercial Droppers (400lb+) |
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