Palomar Or Improved Clinch Knot?

[Newbass112]

What would you guys recommend using as a standard just for tying hooks/lures to your line? Or tying swivels/weights on to your line?

What about line to line?

I use mono most of the time but sometimes use fluoro as a leader. It looks like the improved clinch is what most of you are using for everything?

[Hooligan]

Neither. Pitzen or San Diego Jam.

[Capt.Bob]

I like the simplicity of the improved clinch for terminal tackle. For leader to line I use nothing but the improved Blood knot. Both fast and easy, with good knot strength.  There are others that are marginally better, not as simple and easy,,,, but with the arthritis I have today, I lean hard on easy!!!

[derekxec]

palomar with braid cause it doesnt slip and improved clinch with mono....both have never failed me but the clinch slips with braid.....if i had a lighter to burn the braid then i just use the improved clinch for everything

[CiMo]

For line to line knots the blood knot or improved blood knot, line to hook lure ect... improved reverse clinch, I love the Eugene Bend as well.

[flyfisher]

Palomar for me for pretty much everything except when fly fishing and using smaller eyed flies, then i use the improved clinch.  For braid to leader connections, which i rarely use, i have been using the seaguar knot and not had one slip or break yet and it is super easy to tie or I go with a nail knot.  All those years of fly fishing has made me pretty proficient at tying them without any tools and the strength is as good as anything out there.

[OkeechobeeAngler]

Single or double palomar. Works from the smallest bluegill, bass on up to biggest snook, tarpon and sharks. 

[thehooligan]

double palomar for braid, clinch knot on mono for me.

[TNBassin']

I like the palomar for all of my needs, but I can't tie one without an over abundance of tag left so I waste a bunch of line every time I retie. Went to dual locks to fix that.

[PondBoss]

San Diego Jam for everything that is line to lure.  Alberto knot for line to line.

[SirSnookalot]

Any of them work when tied correctly.  Leaders get a clinch knot, braid gets an improved clinch, lures get a loop knot and line to line gets an alberto, tag ends get singed.

[Bankbeater]

Usually palomar for everything. 

[PABASS]

Line to Line = Modified Albright any line

 

Mono = Improve Clinch best knot for mono for me

 

Braid = Double Palomar

 

FC = Palamor/Improve Clinch I am having problems finding an easy knot for FC, Aron recommends a uni knot even for drop shoting and I might give this a try.

 

Rapala Knot for mono and Pop-Rs and walk the dog style baits.

[RoachDad]

Palomar is easy and very strong.  I checked this out years ago and at that time it was the strongest knot.  There may be some new ones now. 

Palomar has 2 lines going through the lure.

 

I know alot of people grew up with the clinch knots , like I did, and unless you are having trouble, why change?

 

but I did and think the Palomar is just really easy to tie. 

[RoachDad]

I never heard of double palomar.  I'll have to look that one up.

[aavery2]

Both great knots, and I would think probably two of the more commonly used knots out there, add yourself a line to line knot such as the Alberto, and you have a very good group.

 

I like to use the Palomar when tying to anything like a swivel, obviously for a drop shot and when the bait is smaller in size or does not have trebble hooks.   I use the improved clinch on just about everything else.  The Alberto is easy to tie, has a small enough knot that it comes through even micro guides well and has good holding strength.

 

These may not be the very best knots in their respective class but they do work very well and are easy to tie, I have had good luck with all of them for a number of years.

[lmbfisherman]

i use Trilene for most of my applications, double uni knot when tying leaders.  I will use a Palomar knot when I tie directly with braid as I feel it doesn't slip as derekxec stated.

[tholmes]

I use the Improved Clinch knot for everything except line to line connections, there I use an blood knot.

 

I should add that I fish exclusively with mono or co-poly.

 

Tom

[B@ssCrzy]

Braid=Palomar

Mono=Improved Clinch

Line-to-Line=Modified Albright

 

I have been really pleased with all of these knots and never had a problem with any of them.  The modified albright is really small and comes through even micro guides well. 

[bassin is addicting]

between the 2 asked about...

 

i use the improved clinch.... even on braid.  never had an issue with it slipping

[CountBassula]

I like the palomar for all of my needs, but I can't tie one without an over abundance of tag left so I waste a bunch of line every time I retie. Went to dual locks to fix that.

 

i had the same problem, then learned that if you keep it loose and pull on the main line it will tighten and you'll not waste 3 feet of line :-)

[TNBassin']

i had the same problem, then learned that if you keep it loose and pull on the main line it will tighten and you'll not waste 3 feet of line :-)

Dang now you tell me lol. I'll have to try that. Thanks.

[CTGalloway21]

I have yet to break a palomar knot.  

[Sam]

At the Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort Lee in Virginia I had the wonderful opportunity to help Berkley with its station and we had the Berkley line testing machine.

 

A scout would come up and tie his favorite know using 10-pound Trileen flourocarbon line and the machine would stretch the lline until either the knot broke or the line snapped.

 

It was a fun time and the vast majority of the scouts tied the clinch and improved clinch knot.

 

They failed.

 

The best knot was the Palomar.

 

Of course, these kids were not used to tieing the knots in a professional manner as we do, but they tied the knots and the machine did the rest.

 

If you go to a Bassmaster Classic look for Pure Fishing or Berkley location and see if they have the knot testing machine and give it whack.

[Bassfink86]

I use the palomar on just about everything except cranks I tie those with the improved clinch, haven't lost anything yet