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Fishing Mono Line Knots
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Fishing Knots - Basics
Fishing knots
are designed to be tied in monofilament line and to run through the
eyes and rings of a fishing rod or rig. Fishing line is cheap. The
emphasis, therefore, is on compactness
and reliability with no
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Choosing Your Fishing Knots
Some Knots are much better than others for joining lines of
different materials or sizes. The following provides a short list of
recommendations.
Better for joining mono line to braided
- Albright.
- Nail Knot.
- Uni knot.
- Double surgeons.
Not recommended for joining mono line to braided
Better for attaching braided line to lures
Similar Knots
Many fishing knots serve almost identical purposes and are
interchangeable.
Examples:
Attaching line to hook or swivel
- The Improved Clinch.
- Trilene.
- Uni knot
Joining lines
- Albright.
- Blodd knot.
- Nail knot.
- Double surgeons
Attaching line to lure
- Rapela.
- Paloma.
- Surgeons loop
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Lubricating and Tightening
Fishing knots are intended to be pulled extremely
tight before use. To ensure the knot tightens smoothly, and to avoid
generating heat, the knot should be moistened with water first. The
most conveniently available source of water is saliva - which is
probably used more than anything else! When available, a better
lubricant is vegetable oil. |
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Trimming the
Knots
The ends of most fishing knots can, and should, be
trimmed closely against the knot. The best tool for the purpose is a
set of nail clippers. |
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Breaking Strain:
Knots weaken a fishing line, be careful with the
claimed breaking strength for some fishing knots can
be suspiciously high. Supposedly, it varies with the number of
turns used, and the number of turns is supposed to be adjusted to
accord with the line diameter. It is worth remembering, testing shows
that monofilament with a knot in its length breaks
at about 50% of its ideal strength.
Ideal breaking strength is tested by winding each end
around very large diameter drums. However, this is not the typical
situation; in most cases fishing knots subject the line to sharp
bends and kinks, which greatly reduces the breaking strain.
Therefore, in any knot where the line passes round
itself, performance figures in excess of the 50 - 70 % range are best
treated with critical scepticism. Testing
your own line and your own knot with your own spring
balance still provides you with the only data you can truly trust.
The only well-documented method of tying knots in
monofilament and maintaining its strength involves threading
the monofilament inside a dacron braid. The report claims
that with this technique breaking strains of 90% of the ideal were
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Selection of knots you can use to get the best performance from your fishing line
Rapala Loop Knot
A non-slip loop knot intended to be tied directly to the lure. Provides a loop which allows the lure to move freely and natural.
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Improved Clinch Knot
One of the most widely used fishing knots. It provides a good method of securing a fishing line to a hook, lure or swivel.
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Palomar Knot
A
simple knot for attaching a line to a hook, or a fly to a leader or
tippet. It is regarded as one of the strongest and most reliable fishing
knots.
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Double Uni Knot
The
best knot for joining together two fishing lines of approximately the
same diameter. This knot can be used with braided lines and mono-braided
combinations.
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Animation of tying fishing knots. There are more animation of knot tying at Grogs Click here
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UNI-KNOT |
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DOULBLE SWIVEL KNOT |
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GRINNER KNOT |
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HALF BLOOD KNOT |
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HALF BLOOD KNOT 2 |
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BLOOD NIGHT KNOT |
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CENTAURI KNOT |
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SPIDER HITCH KNOT |
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Plastic Coated Wire Leader Knot |
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DROP LOOP |
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THUMB KNOT |
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ALBRIGHT KNOT |
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BLOOD KNOT |
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PALOMAR KNOT |
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