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knot strength?
How strong is a nail knot (tied with a knot tieing tool)? It seems
significantly stronger than a fishermans knot. In fact, many times if I try to break off the fly instead of breaking at the knot it breaks in the middle of the leader!! (ps, anyone familiar with sabre poles? I have a golden sabre 6/7 8 foot pole that I want info on) |
knot strength?
steve wrote:
How strong is a nail knot (tied with a knot tieing tool)? It seems significantly stronger than a fishermans knot. In fact, many times if I try to break off the fly instead of breaking at the knot it breaks in the middle of the leader!! If pulled up right, it is stronger than the line Check my site for other applications of the "nail" knot http://ezknot.com/Frontpage.htm I sell the cheapest nail knot tool there is, price is now just a buck -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Boomerang Fishing Pro. , Straight Up Hooks , Straight Up Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
knot strength?
Rodney, Inventor, wrote:
I sell the cheapest nail knot tool there is, price is now just a buck. Being a traditional literalist (literal traditionalist?), I use a nail, which I'm pretty sure cost less than that. JR |
knot strength?
JR wrote:
Rodney, Inventor, wrote: I sell the cheapest nail knot tool there is, price is now just a buck. Being a traditional literalist (literal traditionalist?), I use a nail, which I'm pretty sure cost less than that. It's easy enough to douoble the line back on itself and use the line as the "nail". This reduces the price of the tool to zero. Chas remove fly fish to reply http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html |
knot strength?
Ah yes, the old "nailess" nail knot. That is how I tie my leader to
flyline. Costs nothing to do, never fails, easy to learn, never hinges during casting, and has a certain elegance that would satsify even the the elitest of the elitists. Tim Lysyk timlysyk at telus dot net "Chas Wade" wrote in message news:r9Job.74266$HS4.643789@attbi_s01... JR wrote: Rodney, Inventor, wrote: I sell the cheapest nail knot tool there is, price is now just a buck. Being a traditional literalist (literal traditionalist?), I use a nail, which I'm pretty sure cost less than that. It's easy enough to douoble the line back on itself and use the line as the "nail". This reduces the price of the tool to zero. Chas remove fly fish to reply http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html |
knot strength?
You guys are too tough. My local fly shop sells a similar tool for $5. If
your time is worth a few cents per hour (half of you may qualify), this thing would pay out. "Tim Lysyk" wrote in message news:hiPob.102109$EO3.55096@clgrps13... Ah yes, the old "nailess" nail knot. That is how I tie my leader to flyline. Costs nothing to do, never fails, easy to learn, never hinges during casting, and has a certain elegance that would satsify even the the elitest of the elitists. Tim Lysyk timlysyk at telus dot net "Chas Wade" wrote in message news:r9Job.74266$HS4.643789@attbi_s01... JR wrote: Rodney, Inventor, wrote: I sell the cheapest nail knot tool there is, price is now just a buck. Being a traditional literalist (literal traditionalist?), I use a nail, which I'm pretty sure cost less than that. It's easy enough to douoble the line back on itself and use the line as the "nail". This reduces the price of the tool to zero. Chas remove fly fish to reply http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/29/2003 |
knot strength?
Sierra fisher wrote:
You guys are too tough. My local fly shop sells a similar tool for $5. If your time is worth a few cents per hour (half of you may qualify), this thing would pay out. Bruiser gave me (and others at a San Juan Clave) a nail-knot tool that works great and probably costs less than a buck. It's one of those needle-like nozzles you use to blow up basketballs and such, with the tip of the tube ground off. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
knot strength?
"rw" wrote in message m... Bruiser gave me (and others at a San Juan Clave) a nail-knot tool that works great and probably costs less than a buck. It's one of those needle-like nozzles you use to blow up basketballs and such, with the tip of the tube ground off. ....and a couple of swipes with a razor blade to a 1 ml pipet tip make a tool that allows me to tie very quick and easy nail-knots. God, I'm cheap. Cheers, Bill |
knot strength?
"Bill Mason" wrote in message et... "rw" wrote in message m... Bruiser gave me (and others at a San Juan Clave) a nail-knot tool that works great and probably costs less than a buck. It's one of those needle-like nozzles you use to blow up basketballs and such, with the tip of the tube ground off. ...and a couple of swipes with a razor blade to a 1 ml pipet tip make a tool that allows me to tie very quick and easy nail-knots. God, I'm cheap. I use the little red tube that comes with a can of WD40. I cut off a 1/4" piece to leave in the nozzle, and the remainder gets cut in half for nail knot tools. --riverman (If we're using tubes instead of nails, we ought to call it a tube knot, wot?) |
knot strength?
I think the nail knot is only an 80% strength knot. I use loop-loop both to backing and leader. Went to a Bill Nash seminar on knots and got a pretty good demonstration of how 'good' the standard knots are. Most of them are between 80-90% and some are less. Probably doesnt matter too much if you use heavy gear for light fishing. But go for some of the agressive sal****er spieces, stripers or any big fish (or small fish on light gear) and you are quickly in trouble. A typical sign of a week knot is a curly leader at the point where it broke. Tim Lysyk wrote: Ah yes, the old "nailess" nail knot. That is how I tie my leader to flyline. Costs nothing to do, never fails, easy to learn, never hinges during casting, and has a certain elegance that would satsify even the the elitest of the elitists. Tim Lysyk timlysyk at telus dot net "Chas Wade" wrote in message news:r9Job.74266$HS4.643789@attbi_s01... JR wrote: Rodney, Inventor, wrote: I sell the cheapest nail knot tool there is, price is now just a buck. Being a traditional literalist (literal traditionalist?), I use a nail, which I'm pretty sure cost less than that. It's easy enough to douoble the line back on itself and use the line as the "nail". This reduces the price of the tool to zero. Chas remove fly fish to reply http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html -- Svend ************************************************** ***************** Svend Tang-Petersen, MSc Email: svend AT sgi.com SGI Pager: svend_p AT pager.sgi.com 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Phone: (+1) 650 933 3618 Mountain View California 94043 USA ************************************************** ***************** |
knot strength?
Svend Tang-Petersen wrote:
I think the nail knot is only an 80% strength knot. I use loop-loop both to backing and leader. If the nail knot is 80% strength, and it's tied in heavy mono with maybe 50lb tensile strength or greater, and if your tippet is 1x or smaller, WHAT IS THE POINT??? The purpose of a flyline/leader knot (or Leader Link) is to pass through the guides smoothly, not to be as strong as possible. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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