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Steve,Maybe I have it misnamed then. I am talking about the knot where the line goes through the lure eye, then 4-6 wraps around itself, then through the loop. Pull it tight. Finished
I'd call that one a clinch knot. If you put the tag end back up through the loop that's created when putting it through the first loop by the hook eye, then it's an improved clinch knot.
That's my go-to knot for about 90% of my fishing as well. The other 10% is the palomar knot when I'm fishing braided line.
I have a palomar buddy (loyal to the palomar knot) and we have gone head to head and taken turns winning. The Knot wars guys may be about as scientific as the myth busters (sometimes not super), but they are pretty fun. They declared a tie between these two using mono (which I use), and said that in repeated tests, the line broke before the knot. Here's the episode:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91aqhBQFLPkIt seems like between these two, even working with young teens, most people find one or the other pretty easy to tie. With all the things to go wrong when I have a big fish on, using a 100%-strength knot can help eliminate one.Now, I may have risked stirring up a religion-and-politics knot preference hubbub. Of course it is all IMO and YMMV.
Maybe we're not talking about the same knot when we say, "barrel." This is what that means to me:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU8Uc0K7qaw(Image removed from quote.)I've used it, but only for tying line to leader, never for tying on terminal tackle. Not sure how to apply it. Do you have a diagram?
Also use the cinch knot.. It completely depends which side of the hole you lastly feed the tag end through, wrong side and it will break at 50% of test lb strength...Wet it, pull it, test it!<°)))>{
Ice Scratcher, Can you explain what the wrong side of the hole or loop is! Attach a sketch or picture. I use the cinch (fishermen's knot) on all lures that I direct tie to the line. And I do have a few break at this knot. Thanks.
Maybe I am just ignorant or don't have time to learn a lot of knots. but the clinch knot, if made snugly as it should be, is not going to fail, based on my many years of experience.