05-15-2006, 04:29 AM
Hi everyone,
How's everyone doing? I'm a first time poster but have been reading the board for some time now. I love it.
I'm definetly a mediocre angler and still have a lot to learn. But I have an answer to the knot question. I went throught the same experience with fish breaking off at the knot, very frustrating!!! Don't use the normal clinch knot or improvred clinch knot. In fact don't use any knot that clinches down on the line. This causes braided or fusion line to cut into itself and severly weakens the strength of the line. Instead use what's called the Palomar knot. I pasted the link for the instructions. You probably shouldn't lose anymore fish due to the knot breaking.
[url "http://www.cabelas.com/information/cabelas-field-guides/Knot-Library-Fishing-Knots.html"]http://www.cabelas.com/information/cabelas-field-guides/Knot-Library-Fishing-Knots.html[/url]
I hope this helps.
How's everyone doing? I'm a first time poster but have been reading the board for some time now. I love it.
I'm definetly a mediocre angler and still have a lot to learn. But I have an answer to the knot question. I went throught the same experience with fish breaking off at the knot, very frustrating!!! Don't use the normal clinch knot or improvred clinch knot. In fact don't use any knot that clinches down on the line. This causes braided or fusion line to cut into itself and severly weakens the strength of the line. Instead use what's called the Palomar knot. I pasted the link for the instructions. You probably shouldn't lose anymore fish due to the knot breaking.
[url "http://www.cabelas.com/information/cabelas-field-guides/Knot-Library-Fishing-Knots.html"]http://www.cabelas.com/information/cabelas-field-guides/Knot-Library-Fishing-Knots.html[/url]
I hope this helps.