 Titahi wrote:Sam the knot is the same principal as Stellajigger mentions, but without needing to use a second piece of briad. After tieing the half hitches, throw a large loop away from the half hitches, ( down along side the mainline) and wrap the tag end 7 times around the mainline and one side of the loop, instead of pulling it up unwrap theside of the loop not looped over the mainline and then pull tight. It will result in 7 tight wraps with the the line underneath the wraps exiting beside the last half hitch. pull tight and it wont come undone. I prefer to unwrap as opposed to just pulling like a uni as it creates friction and heat which is not good for the braid. |
| KingySlayer wrote: Cheers for that laid back dude... Just out of curiosity you say the half hitches would tighten up on casting??? WHere exactly was your Knot when casting and what leader do you use? Personally i have never had an issue with this knot at all... I use Varivas Top Water Leader 130lb and i make sure there is at least 5 wraps of leader around spool when casting so there for no tension on knot under load of rod at cast and have never ever had an issue with knots tightening. Wonder if its the leader material i use as its pretty dam soft with high memory. If you do a google search on PR vs FG Knot you will see a fishing net thread on the FG vs PR for Topwater. Some very interesting comments there but as this thread states "Windon Leader Issues". Rainger i hope all this information has helped mate. As you can see alot of opinions on what works best for each individual. |
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) - the first is doing a big half hitch roudy type knot through itself 5-7 times and gently stroked back onto the half hitches and pulled very,very tight.| falco wrote: Post related content:
Wow, reading that confuses me.
The FG is well known for being a dentists freind,I guess this applies to any friction knot where teeth are used to get heaps of tension.
As has been said to stop any knot coming undone or loosening the number of turns to finish and tension is the key.The braid should almost change color,or appear waxy with correct tension - well mine do?
Unrelated waffle:
As for the FG it is my go to for popping and jigging and has been for a good while now..never had a knot failure,even when my jig has anchored me to the sea floor it does not break at the knot.
I find the very first half hitch on the FG important in terms of how my know will turn out,this is pulled tight until the braid looks "waxy".
After that I alternate half hitches 5-7 all very tight, not too long or it defeats the purpose of this short casting knot,and IMO is unecessary. (see how much pressure you can put on it with only one half hitch after the inital criss cross action)
Then I trim the leader material to about 1cm and bend do the the first half hitch onto the braid is very snug against the leader..then carry on with alternate half hitchs until your ready to finish.
Going bag to the leader tag,I trim shorter and burn it,then flatten it off into a low profile mushroom.
I finsh two ways (tying this knot
) - the first is doing a big half hitch roudy type knot through itself 5-7 times and gently stroked back onto the half hitches and pulled very,very tight.The second as is my dear SJ explains using a pieice of thin mono or braid,I use this for fly tieing - I do this way when I am prepping on land or in fairy tale type sea states. |
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