knot failure

[Mike P]

Sounds like your knot is loose and it's slipping off the Breakaway clip.

If you're tying bad knots, you'd expect it to break at the Barrel as often as it does at the clip.

[striprman]

I just make 4 or 5 overhand knots and hope for the best.

[mayday1019]

Palomar. The only time the palomar is a pain is when you're tying on a large lure with trebles directly to the line....Even then STILL use it or use a clip.

[SirWinston]

Uni.

Took me a while to learn how to get the line to consistently wrap neatly, but once I did I have not had any problems (that said, haven't managed to test it on really big fish, but I have on occasion been successful at getting hung up on the bottom/rocks, and when broken-off it has never been the knot...).

It's also a lot easier with braid than with mono. I usually run six turns for either and for the mono I use pliers on the tag end and something to hold the snap or swivel (e.g. nail or screwdriver shaft) with while tightening.

[Finaddict]

Uni - very, very reliable and easy to tie once you get used to it.

Snell my eel hooks and other live bait hooks, love that knot. It takes a bit getting used to but worth it.

I will tie a clinch when I am lazy, but you really have to tighten it properly ... five turns for line up to 20#, four turns for lines up to 50 # and three turns over 50# is what many of the line manufacturers recommend ... too many turns and it weakens the knot ... but you will know with curly que at the end of the line.

Get one of the knot books and practice to the point you can do it in the dark worth the time ... easy to remedy too when you are not doing it right.