Over time I have found the following to be helpful
Off set the eye to approx. a 45 degree angle away from the side that the sinker is inserted.
Use a 7 - 9 turn uni knot and cover it with a short piece of latex tube after it has been tied. The Uni knot has to be snugged carefully due to the extra turns and doesn't offer any extra strength (In fact it might actually reduce it if not snugged carefully) but it does allow the line to stand off the clip eye better.
If using a pulley rig, I also use the extra turned uni knot for the swivel at the non sinker end. Again, to allow the line to stand off from the main part of the rig and again with a short piece of latex tubing.
I have played with using a lumo bead at the sinker end but it is sort of fiddly.
When tying the rig the soft bead has a short length of wire poked through it to widen the hole.
After this is removed, I pass the line through the bead, then through the eye of the clip then back through the bead and then secure with a uni knot between 3 and 9 turns.
Gently snug this down until the bead begins to distort. This helps the line stand off from the sinker even more than the previous method. I use this more for up and down rigs than pulley rigs.
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on 2/3/2016, 8:26 am, in reply to "