12-02-2006, 07:30 PM
True, there are alot of knots, and alot of ways you could go. All around though, I think the trilene knot is hard to beat.
Like you said, it is particularly good with the larger test mono lines, however, is equally effective with the braid. I wish I had a picture of how it is tied. The double looping through the eye prevents the stouter braid from cutting itself. Ofcourse, with the newer, rounded braid line, that's really not an issue anymore. Hints the reason they are not so prone to cut a groove into the eye of a cheaper quality rods eye like the braid of old.
It's great to know multiple knots and thier prefered applications; but for the intermediate angler, a couple universal knots work just fine.[cool]
It would be awesome if we could round up a chart that specifies the different knots and thier most effective applications; along with thier tensile strength retentions. I saw such a chart in a previous issue of Saltwater Sportsman Magazine. I wish I could remember which issue it was.
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Like you said, it is particularly good with the larger test mono lines, however, is equally effective with the braid. I wish I had a picture of how it is tied. The double looping through the eye prevents the stouter braid from cutting itself. Ofcourse, with the newer, rounded braid line, that's really not an issue anymore. Hints the reason they are not so prone to cut a groove into the eye of a cheaper quality rods eye like the braid of old.
It's great to know multiple knots and thier prefered applications; but for the intermediate angler, a couple universal knots work just fine.[cool]
It would be awesome if we could round up a chart that specifies the different knots and thier most effective applications; along with thier tensile strength retentions. I saw such a chart in a previous issue of Saltwater Sportsman Magazine. I wish I could remember which issue it was.
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