Need help with knots.
Need help with knots.
Hey I was hoping someone could help tell me how to tie 2 lines together with a knot that will be strong and go through the eyes on the rod without getting hung up. Also I need to know how to tie a drop shot hook on the line. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me with these two knots.
Warren,
For joining two lines you can use:
Blood Knot,
Double Uni knot
Double Surgeon's knot
Orvis Tippet knot
(Animated Knots)
The only question I would have is why you would need to have a length joined line greater than the length of your rod?
The following article describes how to tie on your drop shot hook.
For joining two lines you can use:
Blood Knot,
Double Uni knot
Double Surgeon's knot
Orvis Tippet knot
(Animated Knots)
The only question I would have is why you would need to have a length joined line greater than the length of your rod?
The following article describes how to tie on your drop shot hook.
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Funny what you can find on the internet with this little thing called Google.
http://www.bcbass.ca/dropshot.html
http://fishing.about.com/od/basicfishin ... opshot.htm
Wow....even Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQA8dP9b9E
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video ... -rig-1154/
Double uni:
http://www.fintalk.com/fishing-knots/double-uni.html
http://www.netknots.com/html/double_uni_knot.html
Albright:
http://www.netknots.com/html/albright_special.html
http://www.bcbass.ca/dropshot.html
http://fishing.about.com/od/basicfishin ... opshot.htm
Wow....even Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQA8dP9b9E
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video ... -rig-1154/
Double uni:
http://www.fintalk.com/fishing-knots/double-uni.html
http://www.netknots.com/html/double_uni_knot.html
Albright:
http://www.netknots.com/html/albright_special.html
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depending on the thickness of the two lines and the type (ie braid, floro or mono) I use a blood knot for most but dont be cheep with your line selection!
for the dropshot and any other direct tie the Palimar is the BEST KNOT.
practace and make sure that you tie it right.
ps if you go through the wrong side of the hook eye the hook will sit upsidedown. retie or pass the tagend through the eye to right it. I retie!!!
for the dropshot and any other direct tie the Palimar is the BEST KNOT.
practace and make sure that you tie it right.
ps if you go through the wrong side of the hook eye the hook will sit upsidedown. retie or pass the tagend through the eye to right it. I retie!!!
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Warren,
When you tie a drop-shot: Start with a palomar knot -
http://www.bassnorth.com/content/column ... -list.html
*IMPORTANT* make sure you insert the line through the 'point' side of the hook eye when you begin. Tie the knot, when you're finished the point should ride upwards, help it along bytaking the tag end and running it downwards through the 'point' side of the hook eye once. When you attach the weight to the tag, the weight will help balance the bait upright to prevent spinning.
The easiest that I have tried (and settled on) for a line to line connestion is the uni-to-uni. The Blood knot is more compact I hear (so gets through the guides more smoothly) but is a little complicated for my taste. I should have a video tutorial up on my web page on the Uni-to-Uni in about a month or so.
I have two solutions for people who hate the knot catching in their guides as they cast. This can cause an accurate cast or skip-cast to go awry, and it wears on the knots at the connection and can lead to breakage under pressure.
One thing to do is tie on 20+feet of leader. Logic: with a short, say 3-foot section of leader, the knot passes through the guides when your rod is still 45-degrees or so away from pointing directly ay the target. So the line is making a sharp, 135-degree turn at your rod tip...and the knot is much more likely to catch. With a much longer leader, by the time the knot is passing through the guides your rod tip will be pointing straight at the target, the line won't be shooting from the rod tip at an angle (like it is earlier in the cast), and because of this it will pass through the tip guide without grabbing it most of the time. Try it, it works. The added bonus is you have plenty of leader to change out hooks or lures. Sometimes I don't retie this connection all day.
The second thing is to get this stuff called 'UV KnotSense', I think. It's a liquid that hardens under UV light (sunlight) in a matter of seconds. Fly-fishers use it to dress the knots that make up their leader so it cuts effortlessly through the air. So you'll most likely find it at fly-shops. It makes a protective sheathe around the knots, and helps the problem of catchy guides, and helps to set the knot the way fishing glues and super glues do.
Hope this helps,
www.bassnorth.com
When you tie a drop-shot: Start with a palomar knot -
http://www.bassnorth.com/content/column ... -list.html
*IMPORTANT* make sure you insert the line through the 'point' side of the hook eye when you begin. Tie the knot, when you're finished the point should ride upwards, help it along bytaking the tag end and running it downwards through the 'point' side of the hook eye once. When you attach the weight to the tag, the weight will help balance the bait upright to prevent spinning.
The easiest that I have tried (and settled on) for a line to line connestion is the uni-to-uni. The Blood knot is more compact I hear (so gets through the guides more smoothly) but is a little complicated for my taste. I should have a video tutorial up on my web page on the Uni-to-Uni in about a month or so.
I have two solutions for people who hate the knot catching in their guides as they cast. This can cause an accurate cast or skip-cast to go awry, and it wears on the knots at the connection and can lead to breakage under pressure.
One thing to do is tie on 20+feet of leader. Logic: with a short, say 3-foot section of leader, the knot passes through the guides when your rod is still 45-degrees or so away from pointing directly ay the target. So the line is making a sharp, 135-degree turn at your rod tip...and the knot is much more likely to catch. With a much longer leader, by the time the knot is passing through the guides your rod tip will be pointing straight at the target, the line won't be shooting from the rod tip at an angle (like it is earlier in the cast), and because of this it will pass through the tip guide without grabbing it most of the time. Try it, it works. The added bonus is you have plenty of leader to change out hooks or lures. Sometimes I don't retie this connection all day.
The second thing is to get this stuff called 'UV KnotSense', I think. It's a liquid that hardens under UV light (sunlight) in a matter of seconds. Fly-fishers use it to dress the knots that make up their leader so it cuts effortlessly through the air. So you'll most likely find it at fly-shops. It makes a protective sheathe around the knots, and helps the problem of catchy guides, and helps to set the knot the way fishing glues and super glues do.
Hope this helps,
www.bassnorth.com