Punch Rig & Snell Knot

[boostr]

Catt he actually amuses me even though he comes of as a little wound up sometimes, and he knows his chit. Its probaply the Lousiana Hot Sauce kicking it up a notch BAM!

[RoLo]

During my saltwater years, I've tied hundreds if not thousands of snell knots and blood knots. 

The snell knot used today is nothing more than an "internal uni-knot". '

Instead of being wrapped around the standing line 'outside' the eyelet,

the uni-knot is wrapped 'inside' the eyelet around the hook shank.

 

Commercially tied rigs generally use snelled hooks because they have more eye appeal.

I used the snell knot for tying saltwater dropper rigs, which held the hook parallel to the dropper line (no other reason).

By eliminating the dropper line, the 'dropshot rig' today replaced the snell knot with a palomar knot with a long tag-end leader.

Therefore, for freshwater fishing I've never found a use for the snell knot, but use an "external uni-knot" for everything.

 

When a big bass chomps down on the bait, the odds are high that the hook will end up lying horizontally flat in its mouth, 

which is another reason I prefer an upward sweep to a sideward sweep. Fortunately, the tiptip guide is always higher than the bass,

so regardless of the knot used, the odds of hooking the upper jaw are overwhelmingly high.

In my opinion, that little flip-up action from a snelled hook exerts no more pressure than a feather duster.

 

Roger

[J Francho]

I like a snell when in using fluoro. Otherwise, a Palomar works fine.

[ww2farmer]

It's a wonder that I get any fish in the boat.

[FrankW]

If some of us think that a snelled hook works better for punching why don't we use it for all our Texas rigged plastics?  Why just for punching?  When I see someone demonstrating the virtue of the snelled hook for punching they show the hinged effect with out a plastic.  I have found that the plastic will imped the hinged effect and partially defeats the advantage of the snell.  I use a Palomar as I don't use a straight shank hook for punching or flipping.  I seldom miss a strike but as stated, the trick is to land a fish in heavy hydrilla.  I don't think the snelled hook gives any advantage to landing fish in heavy cover. 

 

Frank