| #1  01-25-2008, 09:41 PM | |||
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| Hooklength knots This is such a newbie question that I can't believe I'm gonna ask it as I've been fishing for 20 years but here goes. What knots do you use for tying your hooklengths to your mainline? I'm talking mainly about tying thicker main line to the very fine low diameter hooklengths that everyone is using these days. The reason I ask is that I normally use a loop to loop knot but I seem to have real difficulty in tying this not on low diameter lines. By that I mean that I can physically tie it but more often than not the loop kinda kinks out at a slight angle so that instead of the mainline coming down and onto the hooklength in a perfectly straight line the mainline comes down straight but then at the loop to loops not the hooklength than comes out at around the 5 O'clock position which can't be great for presentation. Anyone else have this problem, am I just doing it wrong?     |
| #2 01-25-2008, 10:09 PM | ||||
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| Re: Hooklength knots I've never been a great fan of Loop to Loop connections but that's just my preference (and stubborness against change!). Joining two lengths of mono together especially of differing diameters &/or stiffness is never easy. One of my preferences is to use a tucked half blood knot (old fashioned but it works for me). I tie a small loop in the hooklength and attach the main line by way of the knot. More recently when I've been using materials of differing diameters, I've tended to use a small swivel. Two knots, but again it's worked for me. When I'm setting up to trot a river I often use micro swivels. I know several very good anglers who swear by the full blood knot when joining two pieces of mono. I've found that OK as long as there's not a big difference in the two diameters. __________________ "I'm playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order" Eric Morcambe |
| #3 02-06-2008, 11:10 AM | ||||
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| Re: Hooklength knots Hi Peakoverload, When float fishing I tend to use the loop to loop method for smaller hooks (size 10 to 24) because I usually use pre-tied hooks; and if you loose your hook you always know that the new hooklength is going to be exactly the same length as the old one (unless it was the main line that broke of course) At other times I either join a hooklength to my main line using a grinner knot tied to a small loop in my main line, or If Im using a really small hook I sometimes still use the loop to loop method. BB __________________ My Web Site (The Average Angler) Happiness is Fish Shaped (It used to be woman shaped but the wifes getting on a bit now) |
