Rich Z - Dropshotting

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Hi everybody I usualy use the polmark knot for any fishing, but I hace
recently tried new knots and they intend to be just as strong and
effective!!!!

Before making a claim like that do a search for "Knot Wars" and watch the
videos. They are part way through their second year of knot testing. It's
a pretty decent testing scenario with recording strain gages to test the
breaking/slipping point of various knots. Berkley is the company behind the
testing so of course they are using Berkley owned brands of line, but I see
no reason that their results would not be similar with other brands.

So far knot strength and slippage winners are.

Palomar Knot VS Trilene Knot = TIE for monofilament line
Palomar Knot VS Trilene Knot = TIE for flourocarbon line
Palomar Knot VS Trilene Knot = Palomar braided (spectra fiber) line

Where simplicity is desired and over all knot strength is the goal the
Palomar knot wins out just barely. However the Trilene knot binds more
tightly to the hook, eye or ring where it is tied. This gives it an edge
were line angle relative to the terminal tackle may be desired. Some
examples of the latter may be on poppers where knot position may change the
sound or splash of the bait or on a drop shot rig where you want the hook to
stand out from the line when the line is pulled snug.

For joining two different lines the back to back uni-knot and the blood knot
tied. However each has its advantage.

The back to back uni-knot works better for joining braid to mono or
flourocarbon and works better for lines of different diameters. The blood
knot is smaller and flows through guides easier where that is desired.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com