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07-04-2009, 04:45 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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For what it is worth, I don't. Once I have a knot I am happy with, I've given up retying routinely unless the leader is frayed. A well set knot (I use a vise and two hands to set mine) in heavy mono or fluro is not weakening anytime quickly....and I have more confidence in a knot that has been tested and passed, than a new one tied in less than ideal conditions. Occasionally it costs me, but no more than new knots have.
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07-05-2009, 06:32 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
For what it is worth, I don't. Once I have a knot I am happy with, I've given up retying routinely unless the leader is frayed. A well set knot (I use a vise and two hands to set mine) in heavy mono or fluro is not weakening anytime quickly....and I have more confidence in a knot that has been tested and passed, than a new one tied in less than ideal conditions. Occasionally it costs me, but no more than new knots have.
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Its easy to say your knots never fail when nothing ever pulls on your line, save for the occasional sea robin.
Last edited by Back Beach; 07-05-2009 at 06:46 AM..
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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07-05-2009, 08:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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When My leader gets frayed i just loosen my drag..
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FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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07-05-2009, 09:57 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NIB
When My leader gets frayed i just loosen my drag..
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Not until you too can catch sea robins on top water lures....should you feel free to dispense useless advice on the internet. Now keep your head behind the ball, don't take your clubhead outside the swing path, and try not to fart while the group ahead of you is teeing off. |
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07-05-2009, 09:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 677
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
For what it is worth, I don't. Once I have a knot I am happy with, I've given up retying routinely unless the leader is frayed. A well set knot (I use a vise and two hands to set mine) in heavy mono or fluro is not weakening anytime quickly....and I have more confidence in a knot that has been tested and passed, than a new one tied in less than ideal conditions. Occasionally it costs me, but no more than new knots have.
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In this case it wasn't the knot that loosened.
The fluorocarbon line of the knot itself that was in intimate contact with the snap appeared to have cold flowed over time, reducing its diameter and ultimate strength and this was what broke. |
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