Hey RT, remeber you still have 2 other crimped connections besides the one at the hook....... with a long tag end you are probally ok at the hook, but and extra crimp on the tag will help, the brass singel barrel crimp should work fine for that.
the pigtail swivles you are refering to, are probaly teh old style ones that have a galvanized aluminum looking pig-tail, the new ones are all Stainless steel and are have about 1/8 diameter pigtail shank. personaly i find them way faster than a snap.
glad you all liked the little tip. hopefully next weeks weather will be killer for you all, the week after that better be damn nice, cause thats when i fly in to good ol Ft. lauderdale to visit for the holidays! see you guys on the water then....
Robbie