Ned Jig Head Knot ?

[WRB]

Palomar knot is a very old knot that I learned to tie back in the 50's when it called a Indian knot.

Palomar comes from a firemen who lived in Palomar who won a knot tying contest in the 80's and the name was published. Good knot for hooks, clips, small lures that easily fit through the loop created. The down fall with a Palomar knot is the lure goes through the loop and it's easy to twist that loop crossing the line over putting the lure through it before tightening.

San Diego jam knot is very easy to tie using the weight of the lure at the bottom of the loop, holding the top of the loop and long tag end pinched between your thumb and index finger and swing the lure while making the 5 to 7 wraps around the loop towards the lure, tag end through the bottom opening then up through the upper opening and pull the tag tight followed by pulling the main to slide the down Jamming it tight. It's a visual knot to see if it's right before snugging tight and good knot strength using FC line.

Tom

[Mbirdsley]

11 hours ago, FryDog62 said:

I’ve heard if you tie correctly and don’t cross the line over itself that a Palomar knot should hold on fluorocarbon.  And after years of tying, I never noticed a problem with the Palomar knot until two years ago it gave way on fluorocarbon 2-3 times.  I could see the curly cue at the end of the line so I know the knot failed on me. I thought I was careful tying the knot but most likely it was user error on my part or in a hurry.  Anyway, last year I switched over to the Grigsby knot (aka 3 tag knot) and didn’t have one knot failure all year.  I guess I’ll stick with that at least another season...

I should say I have never had a problem with a properly tied polymer knot.  When I first started trying the polymer I lost a 4 dollar pbj jig and my only I had to a fat smallie, made me sick.   However, that Was not the knots fault.  It was operator error in not tying it right. 

[ChrisD46]

13 hours ago, WRB said:

Palomar knot is a very old knot that I learned to tie back in the 50's when it called a Indian knot.

Palomar comes from a firemen who lived in Palomar who won a knot tying contest in the 80's and the name was published. Good knot for hooks, clips, small lures that easily fit through the loop created. The down fall with a Palomar knot is the lure goes through the loop and it's easy to twist that loop crossing the line over putting the lure through it before tightening.

San Diego jam knot is very easy to tie using the weight of the lure at the bottom of the loop, holding the top of the loop and long tag end pinched between your thumb and index finger and swing the lure while making the 5 to 7 wraps around the loop towards the lure, tag end through the bottom opening then up through the upper opening and pull the tag tight followed by pulling the main to slide the down Jamming it tight. It's a visual knot to see if it's right before snugging tight and good knot strength using FC line.

Tom

Good read Tom !

[Todd2]

18 hours ago, WRB said:

Palomar knot is a very old knot that I learned to tie back in the 50's when it called a Indian knot.

Palomar comes from a firemen who lived in Palomar who won a knot tying contest in the 80's and the name was published. 

Interesting history..my older brother showed me the knot in the late 80's. He just called it a fisherman's knot if I remember correctly. It was years later that I learned it was called the palomar.