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what kind of knot do you use to tie your hooks on??



joe
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[font "Arial"][size 2]I did use the Trilene knot for a long time. It’s a good knot, fast and strong. They say the knot's unique design and ease of tying yield consistently strong, dependable connections while retaining 85-90% of the original line strength. The double wrap of mono through the eyelet provides a protective cushion for added safety. I have never had it to fail. The only thing if you don’t have the loops straight it will slip out. To solve this problem I tie a overhand knot in the tag end.

Now I am using a different knot. I don’t know the name of the knot. I go through the hook, then wrap the line up the main line 4 or 5 times, then wrap it back down the line 4 or 5 times and then go through the loop near the hook. Pull it tight. I have been using this knots for 3 months and have not had it to fail yet.[/size][/font]
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[size 1]99% of the time i tie palomar knot quick to tie near 100% knot streagth when i'm fishing lures in stained water such as lakes i might use a prefection lood just so i don't have to retie knots so often [/size]
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Depending on the type of fishing that I am doing I will use a different knot.

I like the palomar for dropshotting. It is the most effective for that type of fishing and hold the worm or little fishy in the swimming position.

Most other types of fishing I will use the cinch knot or the fishermans knot.

When it comes to useing spyderwire, I find it best to use the Trilene knot.
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I tend to tie the Cinch Knot most often because it's the easiest to tie with my knot-tying tool. If you pay attention though... the cinch knot is the basis for many other knots.

I like to use the Palomar Knot when I'm using heavier line and am going for large fish... mainly for the strength of the knot. I've lost some 15+ pound fish because I've had knots either slip out on me or break on me. Haven't lost one since using the Palomar.

I just gotta figure out how to tie them knots with the loops for my crankbaits.
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Hey DH_tubinjoe,

Has anyone ever used the common Japanese single hooks without eyelets on the boats? My buddy used to use them all the time. They got to be snelled but nobody will mistake your hook for theirs! ha ha

JapanRon
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i have seen those before. it kind of looks like the eyelet has been filled in[:/]????



joe
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[cool][size 2]I prefer a double clinch knot.[/size]
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On plain hooks I use the regular old clinch knot-if I'm tying to a split ring I use an Improved clinch knot.That loop knot for tying on rapalas and such is a Rapala knot-it shows in the package how to tie it.On any of the braided lines I use the palomar.
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I rely almost exclusively on the improved clinch to tie hooks, lures, and flies to my line. I tie directly to the object using no swivel or snap and thus retie a new knot every time I change the hook, lure, or fly. I also retie after fighting a good fish or luckily get the hook, lure, or fly back from a snag. I use a double improved clinch when snagging for Kokanee.

I've run into a couple problems with the improved clinch. If not careful to ensure the knot has tightly clinched before use, it will slip. This usually happens to me when I test the knot before use and has lessened since I began wetting the knot with spit before tightening. Secondly (Is that a good word?), because all knots reduce the test of the line to some degree, I occasionally get a break at the knot with a unusually hard strike or hard fight.

I'm sure there's a knot which lessens the few problems I've had with the improved clinch. I've, in fact, diligently practiced a few of those knots before going out, but when out in the field, can't remember how to tie the new knot and/or because of impatience go back to the improved clinch.

I've landed trout up to three lbs. on 2# line and nearly seven lbs. on 8# line, but who knows what those that broke off at the knot would have been had I been using a different knot?

I'm interested, but a little by byrumjr's "new knot". What do you do after wrapping the line up the main line 4 or 5 times and before you wrap it down the line 4 or 5 times? You must be doing something, or else it seems you've simply tied a clinch that has 8 or 10 wrappings around the main line.

Have any of you seen the knot charts put out by Tightlines Publications? I got six of their reasonably priced freshwater knot charts and they're really neat!! They're in color and have around twenty knots on each chart.
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