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#10790959 - 04/23/15 01:06 PM
Favorite Knot
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 06/21/11
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I know this subject hits quit often but I'm tying a new to me knot (Trilene). I've always used the Palomar or Improved Clinch and was wondering the thoughts of others. Thanks
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#10790970 - 04/23/15 01:10 PM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Pro Angler
Registered: 07/07/13
Posts: 963
Loc: Weatherford & Lake Fork, Texas
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That's all I use...it's never failed for me!
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#10790972 - 04/23/15 01:10 PM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Registered: 02/26/10
Posts: 2908
Loc: Plano, TX
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Its a good knot but I still find the palomar to be the most reliable for me. You know what they say, "if it aint broke don't fix it."
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#10791004 - 04/23/15 01:17 PM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Angler
Registered: 07/15/13
Posts: 396
Loc: The Colony, Texas
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I've actually been thinking of switching to the palomar knot. Hear good things about it. Use Trilene now and if you don't cinch it down tight, it will come loose.
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#10791009 - 04/23/15 01:19 PM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Posts: 3673
Loc: Straight outa Johnson county.....
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Braid, trilene every time unless I snell the hook... It is has preformed much better than palomar for me, when u tie it leave a long tag to cinch it good and you will never have one come loose. 6 wraps minimum for mine, generally 7 cause that just feels right
Flouro- double uni, blows anything else away once you learn to tie it.
Edited by catslayer (04/23/15 01:20 PM)
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#10791198 - 04/23/15 02:23 PM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Registered: 11/18/09
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Loc: Denton County
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Palamour for braid... Improved clinch know for everything else.
Both have been fine knots, no issues at all.
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#10791221 - 04/23/15 02:31 PM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Registered: 02/12/05
Posts: 5928
Loc: The Colony, TX
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San Diego Jam knot has become my favorite. Palomar is still the old standby.
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#10791380 - 04/23/15 03:28 PM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Pro Angler
Registered: 06/22/08
Posts: 509
Loc: Waco, TX
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Use Palomar for everything
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#10792577 - 04/24/15 12:29 AM
Re: Favorite Knot
[Re: Fish hunter 59]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 09/02/13
Posts: 183
Loc: Denton TX
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I use the double SDJ knot 80% of the time now. It's the only knot I trust with fluorocarbon or flouro coated lines like P-line. I use the palomar on my big mono rigs like squarebills and topwater, as well as straight braid applications.
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#10792619 - 04/24/15 03:22 AM
Re: Favorite Knot
[Re: Fish hunter 59]
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Angler
Registered: 01/12/09
Posts: 448
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Double improved clinch knot for me - for 30 years. When I learned to drop shot - I use the Palomar.
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#10792625 - 04/24/15 03:47 AM
Re: Favorite Knot
[Re: Fish hunter 59]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 03/09/15
Posts: 1812
Loc: Texas
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A Palomar is so simple, great for empty hooks, less so if you are tying on a 6" lure with several treble hooks dangling. A Uni or San Diego Jam would seem better for something like that.
"Uni" is short for universal and I think it is the greatest broad application knot:
1) You can use it for hooks/terminal tackle; 2) You can use it for big lures; 3) You can use it as an arbor knot to tie line to your reel; 4) You can use it as a loop knot for lure wiggle; 5) You can use it to tie two lines together (easily).
And, you can "double" it.
Learn one knot and you have solved 5 or more common applications.
*** If you are a young dude, taking a cute girl out fishing for the first time (or vice versa) and showing off, nothing looks "cooler" than tying a San Diego Jam letting a swinging lure twirl itself into a knot.
There: an easy knot, a broad application knot and a cool knot.
Brad
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#10792705 - 04/24/15 06:36 AM
Re: Favorite Knot
[Re: Fish hunter 59]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 02/11/10
Posts: 813
Loc: Lake Fork & Longview Texas
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Palomar You can tie it with numb fingers
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#10792803 - 04/24/15 07:27 AM
Re: Favorite Knot
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Angler
Registered: 09/02/10
Posts: 454
Loc: Paris, Texas
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Palomar for me 100% of the time for everything, never an issue.
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