What are your favorite fishing knots?

[graybeard]

I stumbled into this thread from Cowtown guy. The thread may be dated but the "blood Knot" isn't....

Knot tying made easy!

http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/fly-f...st-blood-knot/
A couple of ideas.

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=287081

[HuyFishin]

Only 3 knots I tie.

Palomar knot
Improved clinch knot
Double UniKnot

[trigger7mm]

Only two knots I use...double uni knot, and a trilene knot.

[Dewey Cox]

Palomar, unless I can't get the loop around whatever I'm tying on, then its a trilene knot.

As far as general rope knot tying, I go by the advice I got in rigging class:
"If you can't tie knots, tie lots."

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by graybeard

I stumbled into this thread from Cowtown guy. The thread may be dated but the "blood Knot" isn't....

Knot tying made easy!

http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/fly-f...st-blood-knot/
A couple of ideas.

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=287081

Thanks for the link! I tie a lot of blood knots for my fly fishing lines or splicing two similar lines together. Great to see the video. I have some wooden skewers for shish kebab that I can take a toothpick sized cutting from for this. Got to try it!

[mlee]

Uni knot 90% of the time for everything....I'll even Snell hooks with a uni knot. For braid I always double wrap around the swivel or whatever I'm tying to....cant even remember the last time I've had a knot failure. Double uni for line to line. If I'm using light mono for perch or something I may use improved cinch.

[Dielbo]

Originally Posted by trigger7mm

Only two knots I use...double uni knot, and a trilene knot.

Where do you use the Trilene knot? I've never got in the habit of using it as a lot of the time I can barely thread my 5x tippet through a #20 hook once, let alone twice, lol.

[57charlie]

These are a few of my go to knots:

Windsor knot
Half Windsor
Improved Clinch
Two Uni Join Knot

[CptnBlues63]

I favor a palomar knot myself as I like the double wrap on the hook/swivel/snap swivel.

Tips for tying the palomar:
- it helps to lubricate it before you pull tight. If I'm tying snell's, I just lick it but my bro uses a glass of water to dip in. If I'm tying one in the boat, I just dip it in the lake.
- pull the tag end (loose end) instead of your main line to do your final tightening on the knot. If you pull the main line too hard, it can stress it and then it'll break easier in use. I lost a few hooks and snells before I realized what the problem was.

[Pikeonafly]

Palomar knot for wire and to lure

Alberto knot for braid to fluorocarbon.

Surgeon knot for flyfishing leaders

Improved clinch knot as last resort or when I just don’t care too much losing stuff because this knot just never works with me.

[pikergolf]

Originally Posted by Pikeonafly

Palomar knot for wire and to lure

Alberto knot for braid to fluorocarbon.

Surgeon knot for flyfishing leaders

Improved clinch knot as last resort or when I just don’t care too much losing stuff because this knot just never works with me.

Hate the surgeons knot, very weak, hate it.

[StringTheory]

Originally Posted by HuyFishin

Only 3 knots I tie.

Palomar knot
Improved clinch knot
Double UniKnot

Same, I'd throw in the odd Perfection Loop for the fly lines and instead of the improved clinch I usually tie a standard clinch with my forceps like this:

https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/v...ie-clinch-knot

[Dark Wing]

Delete double post.

[Dark Wing]

I saw this knot on FB a few years ago and almost use it exclusively for tying loop knots on flies https://youtu.be/alnf3qn2Irs. It’s really simple and strong as well . I also like using Davey knots for the smaller flies. For spin gear the usual polamar and improved clinch knots work well.

[OL_JR]

Originally Posted by pikergolf

Hate the surgeons knot, very weak, hate it.

Originally Posted by Dielbo

It's also quite ugly and snags on rod guides. Also not a fan - great for surgery but not for fishing.

Weird I love a double surgeons for leader to tippet and haven't had any issue strength wise after switching from a blood knot.

Love the simplicity as many times I find myself throwing more tippet on in low light.

For regular fishing generally only tie a few knots

Uni-uni for braid to flouro/mono but switching over more to the Alberto. Trilene knot for flouro/mono to hook or a Palomar (drop shotting).

[BiteArray]

Like many others, my favorite knot hands down would be the Palomar Knot. It's easy to tie, suitable for both terminal tackle and the drop shot, and works well across different line types. It's even a top 10 knot in terms of knot strength, as per https://www.knotsforfishing.com/knot-strength-chart/

Uni-to-uni for leaders.

Improved clinch knot for teaching beginners.

[58thecat]

The least favorite is the dam one that happens when I use one of those bait casters......