Braid breaking at the knot point

[bulldog1935]

you make leader knots at home, under a magnifier if necessary, and put a drop of super glue into them.  

 

 

Then when you're on the water, you're tying to fluoro or, even better, using quick-lure-swap terminals.  

 

 

 

[BBuck]

Palomar knot all day long, every day! Zero issues.

[The Bassman]

16 hours ago, Team9nine said:

As already mentioned, braid knot could be slipping. The other possibility is depending on the hook being used, the braid could be sliding around to where the hook eye gap meets the shank and either getting pulled through or getting cut. Won’t be an issue with high quality hooks, but you didn’t mention brand. Might be worth a look to see if you have any type of gap or sharp edge where the hook eye forms.

Had this happen to me several times before I figured it out. Cabela store brand wacky jig heads were the culprit. Didn't get rid of them but now I tie and pull the knot to the gap and cut off. Retie and I'm good to go.

[huZZah]

I fish almost exclusively straight braid amd use double uni and palomars depending on the lure size. A few issues I’ve learned:

1. Wet the knot. Some people say not necessary but I have only had knots slip that I forgot to lick. 
2. Braid knots under about 30# will totally slip out if most hook eyes, or get snagged in the little opening and fray/break. I superglue my small knots just in case. 
3. Braid is strong, especially in high #’s, but it’s not unbreakable. Especially the 17 and down. I find myself often fighting for a jig that I would have waded out to cut if it were not braid.

4. I am very bad about not checking my braid for abrasions. And then I cast and sometimes (rarely) it will just go flying cause it was torn/ripping and I didn’t see it. The whip of the cast puts a lot of pressure when it’s pulling out of the reel. 
 

Hope it helps. 
 

[PhishLI]

In order to not waste line tying the Palomar on my spinning reels with 15 lb braid, I switched to the Improved Clinch knot with 8 wraps. No bass has ever broken me off once using this knot.

[Bankc]

16 hours ago, Lead Head said:

I really like a uni knot for braid to lure, twice through the hook eye. I think people call it the fish-n-fool.

That's what I use.  Only with braid, I up the twists from 5-6 to 7-10.  That seems to hold better with thinner braid.

 

Also, make sure to wet your knot before you pull it tight.  Like soak it really good.  

[Pavlooskin]

The uni-knot works best for me, but when I fish a drop shot rig I use a palomar knot. Also, I never tie braid directly to the hook. Instead I use a mono or fluorocarbon leader.

[GaryH]

I fish braid on most my rigs with no leader except for finesse. I use a Palomar knot as my final terminal knot with no issues. 

 

 

 

[Pkfish49]

Great news!

 

This morning, I tied a #4 EWG to my line (15 LB Braid) with a Palomar knot.  With the wisdom of YouTube at my disposal, I got it right the first time.  I plastic worm fished for a total of three hours and caught four largemouth bass, without having to re-tie.  The heaviest was only 2.58 pounds, but I'm confident I'm doing this the right way and the knot would have held much heavier fish.

 

The Palomar rocks, and so do all of you!

 

Thanks for all of the advice!

[dodgeguy]

It's all I use except when use a leader which is rare. Then it's uni to uni.

[GreenPig]

I use the San Diego Jam knot from 2 - 100 lb braid and never a problem. Actually use it for all lines.