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1. What are your favorite Mono Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
B. Tying to a Swivel
C. Tying a Loop
D. Tying to a Lure

2. What are your favorite Braid Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
B. Tying to a Swivel
C. Tying a Loop
D. Tying to a Lure

3. What are your favorite Fluorocarbon knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
B. Tying to a Swivel
C. Tying a Loop
D. Tying to a Lure

4. What are your favorite knots to join line?
A. Flurocarbon or Mono to Braid
B. Other

5. What Other Knots do you use?

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1. What are your favorite Mono Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
Improved Clinch, San Diego Jam (quickly becoming my favorite for most applications)
B. Tying to a Swivel
San Diego Jam....ya gotta love this knot!
C. Tying a Loop
Perfection loop.
D. Tying to a Lure
Same as hook, but for flies I'm starting to use the Davy Knot http://www.utahoutdoors.com/pages/Davyknot.htm When I need some good wiggle I use the Rapala Loop http://www.animatedknots.com/rapala/index.php


2. What are your favorite Braid Knots?
San Diego Jam Knot, hands down

3. What are your favorite Fluorocarbon knots?
Never used

4. What are your favorite knots to join line?
Loop to loop with perfection loops or uni to uni

5. What Other Knots do you use?
Too many to list, but the Palomar is one I do use a lot.

1. What are your favorite Mono Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
Knotless knot or Palmonar
B. Tying to a Swivel
Palmonar
C. Tying a Loop
Prefection Loop, German Loop
D. Tying to a Lure
Palmonar or Rapala

2. What are your favorite Braid Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
Knotless knot or Palmonar
B. Tying to a Swivel
Palmonar
C. Tying a Loop
German Loop
D. Tying to a Lure
Palmonar (I don't trust any other knot to a lure)

3. What are your favorite Fluorocarbon knots?
I am new to flurocarbon.

4. What are your favorite knots to join line?
A. Flurocarbon or Mono to Braid
Uni to Uni or Albright (modified Albright where you wrap both ways). I am testing the double grinner, having issues with it.

5. What Other Knots do you use?[/quote]
Arbor for tying onto the spool.
Dropper loop for a loop on the line.
Clinch knot, sometimes when paranoid I finish a knot with an additional clinch knot.

1. What are your favorite Mono Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook - Palomar/Knotless Knot.
B. Tying to a Swivel - Palomar
C. Tying a Loop - Perfection Loop
D. Tying to a Lure - Palomar.

I pretty much only use a Palomar as you can tell.

1/ Half Blood knot. Overhand loop - sometimes doubled (tied twice)
2/ Knotless for hairs, & 5 turn Grinner. Overhand figure 8 loop.
3/ Don't use it much - so, don't have a favourite.
4/ Don't use shock leaders, but have used (36") Fluoro leaders for 'hard waters' - and use overhand loop on leader, and Grinner to mainline.
5/ I keep it simple, and only use knots I know, and have trusted all my life -- if it aint broke - don't fix it!!
Having as few knots as possible leads to far fewer heartbreaks.
I mostly use heavy duty lead core leaders, which I splice loops in -- one with a swivel. As I use 'Kwik Klips' for attaching hooklinks -- that means I have only 3 knots to worry about -- knotless hair and overhand figure 8 on the hooklink, and a 5 turn Grinner for leader to mainline.
The only snap offs I've had for a good few years have been from having to do it because of snags -- and invariably, it's the leadcore loop that breaks. Nice to know I have a good 'weak link' as close to the fish as possible.

Sorry, I missed this last month when I was on vacation!

1. What are your favorite Mono Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
Knotless knot or palomar
B. Tying to a Swivel
Grinner, palomar, or double-through uni (aka 'Fishin fool')
C. Tying a Loop
Perfection Loop or double overhand
D. Tying to a Lure
Reverse Clinch knot or loop knot

2. What are your favorite Braid Knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
I've only used knotless knot with hooks and braid
B. Tying to a Swivel
Grinner
C. Tying a Loop
Double overhand
D. Tying to a Lure
Never did it.

3. What are your favorite Fluorocarbon knots?
A. Tying to a Hook
Knotless knot / snell
B. Tying to a Swivel
Uni knot
C. Tying a Loop
Perfection Loop
D. Tying to a Lure
Loop knot

4. What are your favorite knots to join line?
A. Flurocarbon or Mono to Braid
Double Uni or Modified Albright
B. Other
Fly line to leader: Nail Knot or Perfection loop/double sheet bend


BTW, the 'loop knot' I use I think I made up; start with an overhand knot, pass the loose end through the hook/lure eye, then back through the overhand loop three times. Make sure the hook/lure right up against the loop before tightening. Not sure if that makes sense, but if anyone is intersted pm me and I'll put some pics together.

I really use alot of the same knots for braid and mono (No Fluor yet).
For my Hair Rigs I use an Overhand Knot to make the loop, Knotless Knot to secure the hook, then a Trilene Knot at the swivel.

I use the Uni to Uni to join lines together.

I am considering the Figure of 8 Knot for Hooklength to swivel, but I haven't practiced it enough to feel confident.

The Davy knot looks promising; I'm going to learn it and give it a go.

Palomar is great for any situation, but I recently discovered the double palomar for braid.