Which knot do you use?

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Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on February 24, 2009 at 12:24pm

I prefer to use the San Diego knot for fluorocarbon, a Palomar knot or San Diego knot for copolymer, a double Palomar knot or San Diego knot for braid, a snell knot for straight shank flipping hooks and a slim beauty knot for splicing braid to a fluorocarbon leader.

Permalink Reply by BigBass Dez on February 24, 2009 at 1:04pm

I still use the palomar knot for my drop shot rig .. as for jigs i have been using the Jansik knot which has been holding those jigs great for me thus far . Another knot i tie in the rapala knot on my top water and jerk baits , this knot provides more natural movement to jerks and top waters .. ooo and i have got really good at tying my shoelaces ,before the stumble and fall accures ..lol

dez

Permalink Reply by Shawn O'Connell on February 24, 2009 at 1:10pm

To be honest I use the Palomar not for just about everything. I should experiment with others on non drop shotting applications, but I just haven't had any problems with this knot. I like Dez's idea on the Rapala knot for jerk baits, I'm going to have to try it out.

Permalink Reply by Marc Marcantonio on February 24, 2009 at 1:33pm

Palomar for just about everything except splicing braid to fluorocarbon (J Knot for that). I just tie it slightly differently than most people (after tying the overhand knot and then placing the loop over the hook point, I continue to pull the loop completely over the knot before tightening it. This keeps all lines parallel, so the line doesn't cut into itself.

When using fluorocarbon be sure to lubricate the knot and pull it tight very slowly, and incrementally, and very tightly. Takes longer to type than tie, but if done correctly it won't break at the knot.

When using braid, tie the overhand knot with two passes of the loop around the main line in order to create a double palomar...this prevents slipping and is fast to tie with full knot strength.

There are a lot of good knots that work as well, but not that tie as quickly or are as consistent as the Palomar.

ciao,
Marc

Permalink Reply by S Hwang on February 24, 2009 at 2:21pm

dropshot - palomar
small baits - improved clinch
joining lines - uni to uni (although I'm gonna try the modified albright this yr, the uni/uni size sucks)
http://www.stripersonline.com/Pages/Articles/article_arby_albertos_...
big baits - trilene knot (i hate palomars for big baits - stretching that loop over a 8"+ bait with big hanging trebles is a pain)

Permalink Reply by Dave Massey on February 24, 2009 at 2:59pm

I am also planning on trying the rapala knot this year for my top water and jerk baits. I am a little worried about the loop in front of the lure not being that strong since it is not cinched down tight. I will see how it goes though.

BigBass Dez said:

I still use the palomar knot for my drop shot rig .. as for jigs i have been using the Jansik knot which has been holding those jigs great for me thus far . Another knot i tie in the rapala knot on my top water and jerk baits , this knot provides more natural movement to jerks and top waters .. ooo and i have got really good at tying my shoelaces ,before the stumble and fall accures ..lol

dez

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on February 24, 2009 at 6:11pm

I use a palomar not on everything as it has never caused me any problems....at least not yet..haha! This keeps everything simple and fast for me. I do use the blood knot for tying braid to flourocarbon for flukes and senkos at times (I normally do this at home and not on the water though). I have tried the "Rapala" knot at times for jerkbaits where you tie directly to the bait. I use snaps sometimes too (jerkbaits and cranks) and even a plain palomar right to the tie sometimes. It's amazing how playing around and finding a slightly different action can make such a big difference from one day to the next.

Permalink Reply by Brian Walters on February 24, 2009 at 7:52pm

Palomar for me to. I have been trying a new one but dont know the name. It seems to work pretty good so far.

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on February 24, 2009 at 8:03pm

I have done my own tests on different kinds of knots versus the different kinds of line here is by choices because of there ease to tie and knot strength
Flourocarbon- double improved clinch, for some reason the palomar seems to break easy 1/2 the time
Braid- double palomar because it doesn't slip and strong as hell
copolymer- palomar cause it is super easy and super stong, with wire baits I use a double improved clinch its hard to get the loop all the way around skirt blades and all.
connections- I use the knot they show on the package, think it is a uni to uni and I add super glue and roll it in my fingers to make sure it is well coated.

I chose these knots because they are way easy to tie, I think Tag needs to show everybody how to tie those other knots they seem fancy and I am not good with diagrams.

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on February 24, 2009 at 9:22pm

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

I have done my own tests on different kinds of knots versus the different kinds of line here is by choices because of there ease to tie and knot strength
Flourocarbon- double improved clinch, for some reason the palomar seems to break easy 1/2 the time
Braid- double palomar because it doesn't slip and strong as hell
copolymer- palomar cause it is super easy and super stong, with wire baits I use a double improved clinch its hard to get the loop all the way around skirt blades and all.
connections- I use the knot they show on the package, think it is a uni to uni and I add super glue and roll it in my fingers to make sure it is well coated.

I chose these knots because they are way easy to tie, I think Tag needs to show everybody how to tie those other knots they seem fancy and I am not good with diagrams.

If I find some time this weekend, I will try to put together a short instructional video for a couple of these knots. I'm not very good with diagrams myself. The knots I use are all very simple to tie. A couple of them just take a little practice. I tell anyone that I'm teaching a new knot to, if I can tie it, anyone can tie it.

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on February 24, 2009 at 10:14pm

That would be awesome!!
diagrams suck. I think if you demonstrated with a rope, it would be easiest to see. Tag Watson said:

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

I have done my own tests on different kinds of knots versus the different kinds of line here is by choices because of there ease to tie and knot strength
Flourocarbon- double improved clinch, for some reason the palomar seems to break easy 1/2 the time
Braid- double palomar because it doesn't slip and strong as hell
copolymer- palomar cause it is super easy and super stong, with wire baits I use a double improved clinch its hard to get the loop all the way around skirt blades and all.
connections- I use the knot they show on the package, think it is a uni to uni and I add super glue and roll it in my fingers to make sure it is well coated.

I chose these knots because they are way easy to tie, I think Tag needs to show everybody how to tie those other knots they seem fancy and I am not good with diagrams.

If I find some time this weekend, I will try to put together a short instructional video for a couple of these knots. I'm not very good with diagrams myself. The knots I use are all very simple to tie. A couple of them just take a little practice. I tell anyone that I'm teaching a new knot to, if I can tie it, anyone can tie it.

Permalink Reply by Mike Guenther on February 25, 2009 at 6:46am

I use the improved clinch more than anything but have recently been using the palomar and also experimenting with the worlds fair knot. This year instead of using a snap swivel to attach plugs, rapalas or similar I am going to start using the rapala knot and see if I like it.

I found this knot tying website which has a variety of knots shown along with a video explaining the process for each.
http://videofishingknots.com/alphabetical-index.html

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