What are everyones favorite knots for typical long rod fishing in bays/surf?
Hook/swivel?
line-to-line?
20lb vs. 40lb vs. 80lb?
Hoping to expand my knot horizons from the San Diego Jam, improved clinch and palomar, especially for heavier line classes
Hook and swivel, uni knot.
Line to line, for my big gear, hollow spectra splices, for smaller gear braid to mono, bob sands.
4-40# five turn uni. 80-100# three turn uni.
Works for me.
Thanks!
-For light line hook and swivels I like palomars
-For 80-200# mono, usually I crimp tho, but I'll tie 3-5 turn uni knots on occasion
-if I'm connecting lighter lines together I'll do uni to uni
-long rodding 40 mono connected to 80 or 130 mono shockleader I use a blob knot
--Long rodding with braid I use an fg to connect my shock leader to my braid mainline( shock leader 80-200 mono) mainline is 50-80# braid
Lots of people like the palomar. I hate it. Pain in the ass to tie and I'm never sure how it should end up. Oh well I'll stick with the uni.
palomar up to 150lb, 5 turn uni from 200-400lb. alberto knot for braid to mono and Albright for mono to heavy shock leader.
Improved Clinch for mono/fluro up to 60lbs. Double Improved Clinch for Braid. Crimps for everything above 60lbs on leaders. I hate futzing with top shots and shock leaders so I fish straight 65lb to 80lb braid.
: BackBayMan March 07, 2015, 06:04:47 p
Double Improved Clinch for Braid
I am not a fan of the Palomar knot either... not at all, but with braid, the double improved clinch is money! I actually works well with mono also when you need that knot to have a little more shock absorption. The triple tags are not ideal or pretty, but it does a tremendous job and has never failed me. Easy as hell to tie also.
SD Jam for mono to terminal gear. Albright or uni to uni for splicing. Which knot depends on mood.
: Latimeria March 07, 2015, 07:17:03 p
: BackBayMan March 07, 2015, 06:04:47 p
Double Improved Clinch for Braid
I am not a fan of the Palomar knot either... not at all, but with braid, the double improved clinch is money! I actually works well with mono also when you need that knot to have a little more shock absorption. The triple tags are not ideal or pretty, but it does a tremendous job and has never failed me. Easy as hell to tie also.
Big fan of this knot as well, like Tom says easy to tie. The only one I use for my heavy braid.