Strongest Fishing Knots

[troutman11]

I would like to know everyone's opinion on what the strongest terminal knot is, that is a knot for tying the line onto a hook, lure, or fly.

Field and Stream suggests the San Diego Jam but personally I think that is pretty hard to tie.

Any opinions are strongly welcome!

[Cody Smith]

Mono~Improved Clinch and the Palomar

Fluoro~ Eugene Bend

[Poke 'Em]

Palmer knot. (Not the palomar knot)

[DoctaJ]

Cody has it right. I use the exact same thing for the same line. Tieing braid to mono, I use an albright, have to wrap it 7-8 times. Tippet to leader, surgeon knot.

[Al Agnew]

Seems to me there is more to a knot than just strength. Ease of tying and simplicity is just as important. Can you tie it, and tie it RIGHT, in poor light, freezing weather, when that big brown trout is rising steadily? The best knot for YOU is one you can tie with eyes shut in 30 seconds or less and do it consistently enough that you KNOW its strength and limitations.

For me, it's palomar all the way. The palomar is plenty strong enough, even if it may not be the absolute strongest, and it's exceedingly simple to tie as long as you're not trying to tie it on a big, multiple hook lure. Since I always use a snap on hard baits, I almost never tie onto something that's big enough itself to make tying the palomar a problem. Snaps, hooks, jigs, it's a breeze to tie and consistently tie perfectly.

I even like a palomar when tying on two flies on my leader. Tie the upper fly with the palomar, leaving a tag end that's as long as you want the dropper to be, using the tag end as the dropper, and tying on the lower fly with another palomar.

[Bman]

I rarely use line over 12 lbs. I almost always use fluorocarbon. So to the fly/lure I use the improved clinch knot.

http://www.animatedknots.com/improvedclinc...imatedknots.com

Tippet to leader use a triple surgeons knot. Again using fluorocarbon line.

http://www.animatedknots.com/surgeonsjoin/...ts.com#Overhand

Joining two lines same size the blood knot.

http://www.animatedknots.com/bloodknot/ind...ts.com#Bachmann

[creek wader]

I like experimenting with others but, use the palomar most of the time. It works for me.

[Jason Essary]

Eugene Bend???? havent heard of that one. hows it done?

[fishinwrench]

Believe it or not, when tying flys to flourocarbon tippet a figure 8 knot (aka Davy knot) is smaller, stronger, and faster to tie than any other knot I know of....and I pretty much know them all. It also shines in that it uses (wastes) only 1/4 in. or less of tippet. The only drawback to it is that if you get snagged your tippet to leader connection will break first, unless there is some abrasion ahead of the fly.

Here's your tutorial: http://www.itinerantangler.com/podcasts/20..._tie_the_d.html

[FishinCricket]

Believe it or not, when tying flys to flourocarbon tippet a figure 8 knot (aka Davy knot) is smaller, stronger, and faster to tie than any other knot I know of....and I pretty much know them all. It also shines in that it uses (wastes) only 1/4 in. or less of tippet.

Here's your tutorial: http://www.itinerantangler.com/podcasts/20..._tie_the_d.html

Here I am, uneducated again.. I only know one fishing knot. The fishermans figure 8 (the Davy, I presume?).. But I will be learning some new ones... always knew I should have been in boy scouts.. I just couldn't stay away from the brownies!