Sport Fishing – Passion of Brian

Line to line knots.?

I usually use a swivel to connect line to leader and im good with knots but for some reason i cant get a good line to line knot. its my fishing weakness i guess you can say. Any tips…know of a any good line to line knots. And does it make a difference if your doing mono to leader or braided to leader which knot you use? thanks

One of the best line to line knots is the Blood knot

Click on the Blood knot in this Orvis Link

http://www.orvis.com/orvis_assets/files/index.html

Or try this link to Grog’s Animated Knots

http://www.animatedknots.com/bloodknot/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

If you have two dissimilar lines then your best bet may be what I call a double nail knot. Tie a nail knot using your mono onto the braided, leaving a long tail section of braided line. Don’t totally tighten it right then.

Then reverse the operation and tie a nail knot using the braided onto your mono. When both have been tied, move them together and then tighten the knots.

Orvis nail knot:

http://www.orvis.com/orvis_assets/files/index.html

Grog’s animated nail knot–just remember to leave a long tail and use that to tie onto the other line.

http://www.animatedknots.com/nailknot/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

By the way, that is where a nail knot tool really shines, in tying those. Cabela’s calls it a Tie-Fast Knot Tying Tool

http://tinyurl.com/3auns4

Larry

Double Palomar Knot