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I think most guys overdo the knot thing too, Here's mine, and I can tie it in the dark, although it at times it looks different....



It works on 13# walleyes !!

What is wrong with the improved clinch knot??? Looking at yours, I doubt if I could tie it in the day looking at the picture...wow...glad it works for you.


BTW , nice fish..

Hardwater....Great knot!

That would certainly reduce the number of real fishermen on the water.....heh heh!

VernAK,
Here's the name on my boat....

Hardwater....you have it figured out ...no doubt....this retirement stuff gives a guy lots of time for trying new knots....

Agreed on the notion that the knot thing can be overdone, although it does probably deny us membership in the "real man" club and give rise to suspicions that we cannot tie each and every knot known to man when told to do so. This leaves us to slink off and sharpen our knives with the help of a Gatco or Lansky instead of bringing it to a razor's edge using a stone expertly picked from the bed of a stream and stropping it on a piece of leather taken from a grizzly that we killed with our bare hands. Best, John

5sDad,
I'm not sure I could duplicate your knot using 1/4" rope thru a 1" eyelet in broad daylite..but it looks sexy..:)

Inasmuch as the improved clinch knot gives 100% of the line strength, what is the advantage to your know over that for fishing?
Regards, Jim

Jim, I don't think that I could either - I just quoted the knot. Sort of reminded me of the Bimini Twist when I saw it illustrated in InFisherman. I think it was Larry Dahlberg that looked to be trussing up his own legs with clothesline rope. Best, John

I was (once upon a time) on the pro staff for a fishing electronics company and attended many, many, sports and fishing shows where I had an opportunity to visit with the Stren reps. They had a machine that tested breaking strength of different line/knot combinations. I spent hours and hours with that machine and tested thousands of knots that I tied. What I found was that the Palomar knot was consistently the strongest knot that I (emphasize I) could tie to attach lures and hooks to monofilament lines from 6 to 25 lb. test.

My advice is to find a knot YOU are comfy with and can tie well.

+ 1 on the Palomar knot. Easy to tie and won't fail with braided line.

30lb'er caught on 8lb test with a Palomar knot.