When tying any knot...

[michael1]

When tying most any knot we are told to leave a little extra and not cut the tag end too close to the knot as pictured below. As I was tying a knot today I was wondering, have any of you had a situation where it "saved" you? I guess the only way you would know is if you always leave extra and after catching a fish you realized it was almost gone and the knot had moved or whatever.

[ErieCan]

In some situations I leave a long tag end so the weeds slide off and don't hang up on it. 

[michael1]

1 minute ago, ErieCan said:

In some situations I leave a long tag end so the weeds slide off and don't hang up on it. 

I'd think that is just another object sitting there capable of collecting grass or weeds

[MN Fisher]

Got one 7# pike on a spinnerbait - tag looked shorter and the main-run directly above the lure was 'curly'...so it did start pulling the knot out. Retied immediately after releasing the fish to get that tag-length back.

 

This was on YZH, BTW - which is noted for good knot strenth...I've left longer tags since that incident - just because.

[OkobojiEagle]

11 minutes ago, michael1 said:

have any of you had a situation where it "saved" you?

Yes, I've found the tag shorter than I cut it on many occasions.

 

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[Mike L]

When I first started to use the Palomar, everything I read said to always leave a small piece. 
It stuck with me and still do it, but don’t really think it’s necessary with the 4 carrier original Power Pro I only use. 
 

Maybe on the slicker coated or 8 carrier braid it’s needed but I wouldn’t know. 

I cut flouro as short as I can. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[roadwarrior]

Tie the knot properly and it will not slip.

If it ain't perfect, it ain't good enough.

[WRB]

If a knot slips it’s a bad knot! I cut tag ends anywhere from 1/16”- 1/8” no longer. 

I recall a member doing a study leaving tags ends long ( over 12”) making no difference to catch rates. Do whatever you prefer but use knots that don’t slip.

Tom

 

[Bass90]

No. Any knot tied properly should not slip at all

[cdlittle]

I've only broken off two fish and both were because I tied the knot in a hurry and didn't cinch it down well enough.

[Deleted account]

My knots don't slip.

[GreenPig]

I trim my tag end close after cinching my knots.

[Catt]

I figure the tag length by placing my thumb nail on top of the knot & clipping it flush, this leaves about a 64th of a inch.

 

On Texas Rigs I pull the hook eye, the knot, & the tag end into the plastic. The tag end will help hold the plastic in place.