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old school. 50 turn bimini and a 25 turn albright. no failures in the last 10 years. i tie alot of these on my long range trips. that's how i make beer money! alan
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Grog's Fishing Knots Index
Welcome:
These animated knots are primarily used for fishing, but some are useful in other applications. The knots can be selected from the index on the left, or by their pictures above, or from a page which describes their various uses.
Characteristics:
Fishing knots are designed to be tied in monofilament line and to run through the eyes and rings of a fishing rod or rig. Compared to rope, fishing line is cheap. The emphasis for fishing knots is on compactness and reliability with no interest in being able to untie them.
Fly Fishing Knots:
The picture on the right shows one typical system for fly fishing. It shows examples of knots that can be used at each junction. The purpose of the tippet is to prolong the life of the leader by replacing it when enough has been lost through breakage, re-tying flies, or damage on snags.
Similar Knots:
Many fishing knots serve almost identical purposes and are interchangeable, e.g., the knots in the following groups serve much the same purpose:
The Improved Clinch, Trilene, and Uni Knot.
Albright, Blood Knot, Nail Knot and Double Surgeons knot.
Rapala, Palomar and Surgeon's Loop
It would, therefore, probably be a waste of time to learn all the fishing knots on this website. Treat it as a resource to allow you to learn the knots you select - or those which you have been told to learn!
Lubricating/Tightening/Trimming the Knots:
Fishing knots are intended to be pulled extremely tight before use. To ensure the knot tightens smoothly, and to avoid generating heat, the knot should be moistened with water first. The most conveniently available source of water is saliva - which is probably used more than anything else! When available, a better lubricant is vegetable oil.
The ends of most fishing knots can, and should, be trimmed closely against the knot. The best tool for the purpose is set of Nail Clippers.
Breaking Strain:
Some words have already been written on the home page about Knots Weakening Rope. Claimed breaking strength for some fishing knots is suspiciously high. Supposedly it varies with the number of turns used, and the number of turns is supposed to be adjusted to accord with the line diameter. It is worth remembering, testing shows that monofilament with a knot in its length breaks at about 50% of its ideal strength.
Ideal breaking strength is tested by attaching each end round very large diameter drums. If, therefore, monofilament is wound round a proportionately large diameter shank, the breaking strain might be expected to approach the ideal. Great! But what about the other end? The knot there will involve the line passing round itself or another line - which commonly reduces strength to 50% of the ideal.
Therefore, in any knot where the line passes round itself, performance figures in excess of the 50 - 70 % range are best treated with critical scepticism. Testing your own line and your own knot with your own spring balance still provides you with the only data you can truly trust.
The only believable method of tying knots in monofilament and maintaining the strength involves threading the monofilament inside a dacron braid. The report claims that breaking strains of 90% of the ideal were achieved.
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Disclaimer: Activities involving ropes are potentially hazardous. Lives may be at risk - possibly your own. Considerable attention and effort have been made to ensure that these descriptions are accurate. However, many critical factors cannot be controlled, including: the choice of materials; the age, size, and condition of ropes; and the accuracy with which these descriptions have been followed. For this reason no responsibility is accepted for incidents arising from the use of this material.
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June 17th 2007
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Go to the grog site, it shows you how to tie the knot.
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Double the spectra with a Spider or Bimini (I prefer a spider in spectra) and join to mono with a Bristol. It is similar to the Yucatan but ends differently. I've had a yucatan fail by pulling out when Flouro is tied into Fireline, never had a failure with the Bristol.
Favorite Spectra to Mono Knot? 
