05-04-2005, 01:21 AM
I tend to use polomer knots, I find the line usualy breaks but not always by the knot. the line breaks at its weekest point.
vary important to use new line stock when making thist test.
have you tried shoe goo?
this should not harden the line unless it has a chemical reaction.
remember plastic is plastic. and these epoxies are plastic and when in the liquid stage can weeken the chemical integrity of your line.
I remember back in high school some creep placed super glue on my seat and when I sat in it not only did I get a but burn (chemical burn) it ruened my only new geans I would receive for the year.
the cotton threads all broke at the hardened edge of the glue's peramiter and vary shortly left me with a gapeing hole in the shape of the glue leaving my pants worthless.
What I think you are looking for is a non hardning but holding substance.
I did a series of knot test on long leaders tieing my hooks with different knots and 4 foot leaders.
I put the hook on the chain link fence or a piece of wood and a stick through the eye of the loop end.
my findings were it did not matter which test line or type of knot if I used a quick snap pull. the knots broke 100 percent of the time.
if I used a slow pull I found that the polimer or the snell knot worked best in stenth. the line ususaly broke before the knot did and that includes the knot on the loop which is a veration of the polomer knot. I did find on heavier test lines that the polimer knot would untie under prolonged test, test that would equivilant the fight of a large salmon for half hour.
I am surprised there are not a number of other anglers who have done test on knot strenth.
as with any other test it helps to use different types and manufactures of line to get a real feal of confidence of which line and knots are best for particular anglers....
Fastinating Topic,,, Thanks...
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vary important to use new line stock when making thist test.
have you tried shoe goo?
this should not harden the line unless it has a chemical reaction.
remember plastic is plastic. and these epoxies are plastic and when in the liquid stage can weeken the chemical integrity of your line.
I remember back in high school some creep placed super glue on my seat and when I sat in it not only did I get a but burn (chemical burn) it ruened my only new geans I would receive for the year.
the cotton threads all broke at the hardened edge of the glue's peramiter and vary shortly left me with a gapeing hole in the shape of the glue leaving my pants worthless.
What I think you are looking for is a non hardning but holding substance.
I did a series of knot test on long leaders tieing my hooks with different knots and 4 foot leaders.
I put the hook on the chain link fence or a piece of wood and a stick through the eye of the loop end.
my findings were it did not matter which test line or type of knot if I used a quick snap pull. the knots broke 100 percent of the time.
if I used a slow pull I found that the polimer or the snell knot worked best in stenth. the line ususaly broke before the knot did and that includes the knot on the loop which is a veration of the polomer knot. I did find on heavier test lines that the polimer knot would untie under prolonged test, test that would equivilant the fight of a large salmon for half hour.
I am surprised there are not a number of other anglers who have done test on knot strenth.
as with any other test it helps to use different types and manufactures of line to get a real feal of confidence of which line and knots are best for particular anglers....
Fastinating Topic,,, Thanks...
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