09-30-2011, 09:39 PM
I have gone almost completely to a needle knot (variation of the nail knot) and had very good success. The connection goes through the lines guides really smoothly. I lost a 20-25 lb chinook once because I put too many turns on a nail knot and it slipped off after 20 minutes of fighting the fish. Use 5 turns on the nail knot, I had seven.
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