It's been a while . . . how about some knot talk!

[Bird]

Braid - Palomar

Leader - Alberto

Fluorocarbon - double Palomar 

[Susky River Rat]

I use the Palomar knot to the lure and the double uni for leader connections. 

[MN Fisher]

Leader - FG at home, Alberto on the water

Terminal - MK knot

[wvhunt]

I guess I'm in the old minority and still use the improved clinch knot.

[Crow Horse]

I was intrigued by the toit knot. I've been practicing it and that will be my leader to lure knot.

[GreenPig]

I tie the SDJ, Alberto, and every blue Moon a loop.  That's all I need.

[Southernbasser]

1 hour ago, wvhunt said:

I guess I'm in the old minority and still use the improved clinch knot.

I use the improved clinch knot for everything, except braid to leader. Then, I use the Alberto knot. 

[Dan N]

Trilene knot for mono/ floro

palomar for braid

uni to uni for braid to leader

only knots I use. 
I only use braid to leader with light lines on spinning gear.

[greentrout]

My vote is for the Pitzen and San Diego Jam Knot.  Of the two. most of the time it's the Pitzen I use.

[Bankbeater]

A Palomar knot or a Uni knot for me.  Palomar for jigs and hooks and the Uni knot for spinnerbaits, and moving baits.

[BrianMDTX]

Arbor knot: line to spool

 

Uni-to-Uni knot: backing to main line on spool

 

Improved Clinch knot: terminal tackle

 

Lefty Kreh knot: braid-to-leader

 

I may tie a Palomar once in a blue moon, but not often. I’ve never had an issue with the IC as far as strength or breakage, and I can tie it in my sleep. And the same applies to the Lefty Kreh knot. 

[PaulVE64]

19 hours ago, Shadow1 said:

Not exactly knot talk but, what length of leader are some of you using with braid?  Does is vary with the lure you are using?  I've been at about 7 feet.  A fishing friend of mine swears by 12 feet or more of leader.  What say you guys . . . 

Long/short enough that it doesnt get into the reel.

[Boomstick]

You want me to talk knotty to you? Oh dear...

 

I generally use the uni to tie lures on with the exception of when I am using braid, where there's a 50% chance I might tie a palomar, but the uni still works very well.

 

I've used the double uni for leader. I learned the alberto as well, but haven't bothered to use it. Why? Because I pretty much only run leaders with thin line these days and I think I may have broke at the line to line knot once and that was when shore fishing and caught on a rock.

[waymont]

On 2/16/2024 at 12:23 PM, Shadow1 said:

Not exactly knot talk but, what length of leader are some of you using with braid?  Does is vary with the lure you are using?  I've been at about 7 feet.  A fishing friend of mine swears by 12 feet or more of leader.  What say you guys . . . 

I only fish braid to leader, on casting I measure out enough leader line so the knot doesn't enter the reel. Spinning any where from 6'-10', and all connection knots are FG on line above 15lb braid and a crazy Alberto on 8lb-10lb braid.

[steve carpenter]

Uni for most applications because I trust it and have not had problems with line breaks. Dont use a leader much

[MeatHead1313]

Mono/fluoro leader to terminal- uni knot. Super easy to tie and hasn't let me down yet.  

Braid to leader- Shin Fukae knot. Easy to tie both on and off the water, even in a rocking kayak, super slim so passes through guides easily and I'm yet to have the knot break. 

[12poundbass]

Trilene knot for FC

Berkley braid knot for braid

double uni for braid to FC (I rarely use a leader)

 

 

[Crow Horse]

18 hours ago, MeatHead1313 said:

Shin Fukae knot. Easy to tie both on and off the water, even in a rocking kayak, super slim so passes through guides easily and I'm yet to have the knot break. 

Can you expand on this? The Shin Fukae knot is really easy to tie and I'm seriously considering using it for my braid to leader knot.  My concern was hanging up line on the spool when casting. Thanks!

[new2BC4bass]

My father taught me the Clinch Knot at the age of five.  Then we went to the Improved Clinch Knot.  Been using the Uni Knot for 60 years or so.  Sometimes I will use the Fish N Fool Knot.  Line to line is normally the Alberto, but on occasion the Albright.  I don't recall line ever being taken out past my splice knot.  I try to stick with the Alberto for leaders....which I hardly ever use.

[bulldog1935]

In my case, my dad grew up grappling catfish in Muddy Canal.  

(When I kept a fishing journal, first line was, "I've been trying to teach my dad to fish since I was 12.")

I learned my knots from fold-up fliers in Trilene line boxes, and later from Scientific Anglers and Dave Whitlock give-away magazine-size marketing fliers in fly shops.  

(Before that, learned fly casting from feel following the fold-up Berkley flier that came in the box with my first junk fly reel.)

I've been tying leaders and rolling Allbright knots for 45 years, and used to shoot backing knots through my snake guides when my fly line was out there first (140').  

[JN94]

FG for braid to leader

Clinch for FC to lure

Uni for braid to lure

[Fishing_Rod]

Greetings All,

@MN Fisher I had previously tried the MK knot you shared. Since your post, I revisited it just to explore it some more.

 

It is a handy knot for sure and holds reasonably well. It has the virtue of being easy to fabricate too.

 

I compared it to my typical use of the doubled (line passed through the hook eye, then folded back and passed back through in a reversed direction) knots. The two in particular that I use frequently with good success and holding qualities are the doubled UNI and doubled Pitzen with my four pound mono UL applications. Usually three to four wraps provides good results for me.

 

My field and home testing of both slow steady pulls and also some shock loaded pulls showed the MK knot to almost match, not quite there.

 

The MK knot does have the virtue of a single remaining tag end to clip. The other two doubled line knots have three remaining tag ends.

 

Thank You for sharing it. I never knew what the name of that knot was before, now thanks to your post the reference is clear. I intend to continue exploring the MK knot some more occasionally just to see how it performs with the warmer weather conditions. Be well and Cheers!

[fishhugger]

double unit for leader to braid, improved clinch for mono to hook, lure, etc....  the old standards!

[CDMTJager]

For hooks Polymer everything else Trilene knot.

[shackman]

Braid to FC/mono

FC

straight braid 

straight mono/co-poly

Uni for everything for years. Never had a fail