After I was shown it I was a little suspect that it may slip, so I tested  it with scales until it broke, I cut the main line under the knot so the tag end had all the weight and tested it again. It never slipped even with the mainline cut and didnt brake at the start of the knot either. So you can have confidence that it retains 100%.

Good luck with it.

Cheers Adam  

Well I've made a double using Adam's method and it looks pretty good. like Adam said, it does take a while to tie.

In the past, being cack-handed, I've gone without a double, rather than have a suspect one (unless a quality tier has made one for me). Not keen on the catspaw, either. A Palomar is so simple and strong and will hold on at very close to line weight x 2.

Adam Scott sent me this great picture of how he makes a double using dental tape. It's all clear, now. Thanks Adam.

Matt nice to know that 'sunset' is part of the routine. What kilo's you pulling at sunset??

Tight's relative 'eh... and comes with experience to some extent.

Great figures. Steve Hall has been keeping me up to date on the adventures of the Ultmate. Keep it up!!

Hey sorry I didnt explain it very well. I will email you a diagram. As it is not a knot it retains 100% line strenth. Use Dental Tape which is slightly thicker than normal floss/ribbon and it will never slip. The only down side is that it takes a long time to tie. We had inconsistancies with the bimini twist and since changing to this we have had no problems. It is slim and goes through the guides well.

Cheers Adam

Quite a few years back, a skipper in Cairns showed me a different method to do doubles and I have used it since without any problems. Simply get about 3m of dental floss wax thread (use dental tape not dental ribbon, it is slightly thicker and moulds together when tied. Johnson & Johnson make a dental tape that is good). Anyway, put a hitch in the end of the wax thread to form a loop, then measure out the length you want your double to be. Feed one end of the thread loop through the other, pull tight. Carry on tieing the mono strands together with half hitches in the wax thread over both strands of mono. After about 5 half hitches, separate the mono and do a half high around each strand of mono. Then repeat with 5 over both strands and 1 around each until the binding is around 150mm long finish with a double hitch. We use it on 15, 24 and 37.