I'm a rookie at this game too.

I have been cutting the tape just a little longer than the blank and just trim the excess with a single edge razor.

Here's hopefully a better tip. I was having probelms cutting or using a punch for the holes for the split rings. A fine tipped soldering iron solved that.

Hope this helps.

Get your wives or girl friends into scrap booking and or card making, then you can borrow all the cool punches and scissors for lure tapping.
BARRY

Hint; After taping a bunch of spoons. Take a picture, the spoon that works the best will get lost and U will forget how U taped it. I always take pics of my spoons, (also lots of pics of Macs tackle box & spoons when hes not looking so I can copy his) TnT W-Fat

Copy some of Gus's too they are nice that Gravedigger is killer.
BARRY