11-10-2003, 05:27 PM
Let me jump in here JapanRon. This might interest you. Jed Welsh the 95 year old angler says that he was tying the so called Trilene knot when all there was to tie, was cat gut. I can remember as a kid Whitey Ashley teaching me the Miller Knot (Trilene) before Trilene was around, in fact about 30 years before.Jed was fishing our waters in the early 1900's.
I'm convinced that the Palomar is the best but wastes a ton of line, especially when you tie it to a leader that you don't want to get shorter than it is. Lately for the 30 to 50 pound test I have been using a Loop Knot. For splicing a dropper above the sinker aka white sea bass, I have been using a Surgeons Knot, Spider Hitch, or a Barrel Knot depending on the test line. The tough one to tie is lead line to monofilament in the field. A real simple knot for this is a Huffnagle Knot. Yes knots are a way of life with we anglers but the absolute toughest time ever was when overseas (Okinawa) all the available japanese hooks had no eyes. I got very good with the Snelling Knot.
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I'm convinced that the Palomar is the best but wastes a ton of line, especially when you tie it to a leader that you don't want to get shorter than it is. Lately for the 30 to 50 pound test I have been using a Loop Knot. For splicing a dropper above the sinker aka white sea bass, I have been using a Surgeons Knot, Spider Hitch, or a Barrel Knot depending on the test line. The tough one to tie is lead line to monofilament in the field. A real simple knot for this is a Huffnagle Knot. Yes knots are a way of life with we anglers but the absolute toughest time ever was when overseas (Okinawa) all the available japanese hooks had no eyes. I got very good with the Snelling Knot.
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