Snell Knot

[papajoe222]

Just watched a video on how to tie a smell knot for your punch rig. Awesome hooking percentage compared to using a palomar or uni. How many of you have tried this and how confident are you using it.?

[BrianinMD]

All I use when I am punching, have 100% confidence in it.

[SenkoGuru]

All I use when I am punching, have 100% confidence in it.

 

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[rippin-lips]

If there is a flipping hook at the end of my line it's connected with a snell knot.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

All I use when I am punching, have 100% confidence in it.

Nailed it.

[mhilgtx]

Watch knot wars it test many knots and there is really compelling evidence that the only knots you need are the snell, Palomar, and double uni. I can't remember about the Albright but it seemed like it did not do that well.

[Catch and Grease]

I use it and have plenty of confidence in it.

[matuka]

I snell only for punching. Albeit, I'm not convinced it's necessary. The way I see it, if a bass takes a bait and closes its mouth, the pressure it exerts on the bait nullifies the amount of directional pressure a snelled hook is supposed to impose. Make sense? Take a snelled bait and let it dangle. Enclose your hand in a circle around the line and run it down to the hook, and watch the hook pop laterally. I don't think that little bit of force that that movement provides is enough to stick a point in fishes mouth. Now close your hand downward around the bait and watch that angle created by the snell flatten out as it will in a basses closing mouth. Now it's like a bait with any other knot on it.  Unless there is a big hollow cavity  in that fishes closed mouth, (and I think not) there is no room for the snell to **** that hook up. I know there's all kinds of big name people using and making video's etc on this but I also know of a camp of quiet gurus who don't bother, and trust me, these guys can punch their lights out. All that being said, I still snell because, I've not seen convincing proof of either method and I've never broken a snell knot. 

[matuka]

Oops! That four star typo above is suppose to say "pop".

[corn-on-the-rob]

If punching I use a uni to snell the hook, easier for me to tie.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

I've seen convincing arguments on both sides of the "hook kick out" theory. I snell straight shank and finesse octopus hooks and it seems to work, whatever the reason. 

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I actually don't snell my hooks for flipping just for the hook kick out. I do it primarily because it's just monstrously strong knot. Only takes a second to tie one. The hook kicking out to the side sure hasn't seemed to hurt any though.

[kikstand454]

^ this.

[ColdSVT]

Watch knot wars it test many knots and there is really compelling evidence that the only knots you need are the snell, Palomar, and double uni. I can't remember about the Albright but it seemed like it did not do that well.

The albright beat the uni to uni on knot wars

But he is talkin about a terminal knot...snell is pretty solid! So is the palomar

[Sonik]

Snell knot is legit. I use it for almost all of my Texas rigging. I use Palomar for everythimg else since I don't have mono on any setup on my good stuff.

I do have 8# and 12# Big Game on a 6'6" M spinning and 7' MH casting respectively that are my fun fishing setup and that's always a trilene knot.

[mhilgtx]

The albright beat the uni to uni on knot wars

But he is talkin about a terminal knot...snell is pretty solid! So is the palomar

Ok I take your word for it, like I said I didn't remember. I do know I watche a video where they talked about some other benefits the Albright knot had as well.

Just like the thread measuring stretch results that is so informative real world conditions are hard to duplicate and I think the more info and especially information that's quantifiable is great.

Still for most need the palomar seems like the knot for certain kinds of hooks the snell and for line to line double uni or Albright. I think I saw a video on here where Arron Martin said he uses the Uni for most things.

[PAGreg]

I began using the snell on all of my texas rigs last year and I'm really happy with it.  I use it with fluorocarbon and one piece of advice I'll give is use some glue on the knot when finished.  I keep Mend-IT in my box for fixing my plastics and I use that on all of my snell knots.  The combination of the knot with the mend-it is unbeatable IMHO.

[PAGreg]

Ok I take your word for it, like I said I didn't remember. I do know I watche a video where they talked about some other benefits the Albright knot had as well.

Just like the thread measuring stretch results that is so informative real world conditions are hard to duplicate and I think the more info and especially information that's quantifiable is great.

Still for most need the palomar seems like the knot for certain kinds of hooks the snell and for line to line double uni or Albright. I think I saw a video on here where Arron Martin said he uses the Uni for most things.

 

The snell may not be as strong as the palomar, but it's got a few advantages over the palomar.  Especially on weedless rigs.

[A-Jay]

I can not dispute the strength of a properly snelled hook, used them for years for many saltwater applications.  

 

There are at least a handful of knots that when tied correctly, will for offer similar performance. 

 

When I miss a fish while punching, or any other technique for that matter, unless the line parted, I'd be hard pressed to blame the knot.

 

A-Jay