https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:08:29 +0000 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:00:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=19380 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=258154&title=yucatan-knot#258154 Author: Rank Amateur
Subject: 19380
Posted: 09 Mar 2007 at 10:00am

Sarted using it last weekend - and I like it a lot...  If you're careful you can also cut the leader and keep the loop intact - with a little bit of care you can cut the leader at the rod end of the knot and unpick it - takes a few minutes but quicker than retying a new double!]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:00:46 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=258154&title=yucatan-knot#258154 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=258101&title=yucatan-knot#258101 Author: wingo
Subject: 19380
Posted: 08 Mar 2007 at 11:10pm

BarneyC go to:

http://www.leadertec.com/tipsandtechniques/fishing_knots/knots_yucatan.html

Try it out, like I said it is great but the disadvantage to me is you need a double with the loop intact. So if you want replace your leader you must either retie a double (wasting expensive braid) or revert to one of the other knots like back to back uni.

As sooshee says a couple of advantages are "it has a nice slim profile and it is easy to end up with equal lengths of each 'leg' of the double when you tighten up the knot". I think it is very easy to tie as well providing you can count the 15 turns ;^)]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:10:42 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=258101&title=yucatan-knot#258101 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=258075&title=yucatan-knot#258075 Author: BarneyC
Subject: 19380
Posted: 08 Mar 2007 at 9:11pm

Can't remember the article but Cicada seems to swear by the yucatan knot.

If anyone can post a nice detailed how-to I'll give it a go and see if it's any better than the usual granny
]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:11:21 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=258075&title=yucatan-knot#258075 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=257165&title=yucatan-knot#257165 Author: sooshee
Subject: 19380
Posted: 05 Mar 2007 at 10:05pm

I haven't seen the article but the Yucatan knot is not the same as the albright. I like the yucatan as it has a nice slim profile and it is easy to end up with equal lengths of each 'leg' of the double when you tighten up the knot, unlike the albright. I don't find the yucatan suitable for thicker leader (e.g. > 100lb) though, as I find the knot quite hard to pull up tight.]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:05:16 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=257165&title=yucatan-knot#257165 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=257154&title=yucatan-knot#257154 Author: wingo
Subject: 19380
Posted: 05 Mar 2007 at 9:44pm

The Yucatan knot was featured by Sam Mossman in last months Fishing News. Am I the only person who looks at it and thinks the knot pictured is an Albright knot?

He says the knot is the same as the Albright but it exits the opposite way......I don't know about this. Everywhere I look on the net the Yucatan is quite different, involves a double, and the leader is fed back through the loop in the double. See Yucatan Knot

This shows the braid is twisted around the leader, the FN article diagram shows the leader being twisted around the braid.

The only thing that makes sense to me is that the diagram they put in is the wrong one. It seems to be from Geoff Wilson's Knots and Rigs book.

I tried the knot today and it worked great, it is a nice snug, easy to tie knot except you do kneed a double with the loop intact.]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:44:31 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19380&PID=257154&title=yucatan-knot#257154