Broken knot

[Foul Hook]

I connect to the mainline topshot which is doubled up

[Ol Pedro]

Originally Posted by Foul Hook

I connect to the mainline topshot which is doubled up

I'm thinking smart fish running back in the sticky stuff. You could try a surgeon's loop. Easy to tie and pretty strong.

[bulletbob]

Everybody is using fluoro these days, and it is supposed to have much better knot strength.. I am ultra careful with knots and very carefully wet and draw them tight.. After having a bunch of big fish break knots with fluoro, I switched back to mono.. Its wasn't cheap fluoro either it was Seaguar... It did not work as well as mono as far as "knotability", at least not for me...bob

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Everybody is using fluoro these days, and it is supposed to have much better knot strength.. I am ultra careful with knots and very carefully wet and draw them tight.. After having a bunch of big fish break knots with fluoro, I switched back to mono.. Its wasn't cheap fluoro either it was Seaguar... It did not work as well as mono as far as "knotability", at least not for me...bob

Seaguar ties easier than Yo zuri hybrid... if anyone was curious... my experience anyway

[kurtisb]

Use 80 for your snells. Perfection loops is about 40% line strength. Surgeon's loop knot is near 100%.

[june181901]

When I'm doing rigs at home I use a drop of corn or canola oil in lieu of saliva when cinching. I think it helps for better knot.

[Foul Hook]

Thanks for all the replies. Gonna change from the perfection to the surgeons loop. Reports to follow.