Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
To crimp or not to crimp ?
Alex Jordan:
Sorry Brandon - yes thats what I meant!
Where the single strand goes over the swivel or hook wire the uni knot keeps tightening and can stretch and break ... as essentially nothing to stop it slipping and tightening under load ...
I can tie the nail knot by hand but difficult to describe it - hopefully Dave will see this thread and chime in ...
Again its down to preference and confidence ... if you can crimp / tie a knot in rolling swells and blistering spray in the face you are good to go!
Brandon Khoo:
thank you - I now understand what you are referring to.
I too have difficulty tying a nail knot or a nail knot hybrid with really heavy mono. I just can't get the loops to sit in place and behave in order to let me tie the knot.
Brandon Khoo:
Pete - any chance you can illustrate this or provide a link to guide on how to tie this knot? I can't picture it.
--- Quote from: Peter Morris on January 10, 2011, 11:19:32 PM ---Pat Victorino showed me at Fantastic Knot at Elusive.
It was almost like a reverse blood knot......Very simply done by placing the mono through an eye and doubling back up...Pinch the two stands and
wrap downwards towards the eye three or four times and back through the loop......Pull tight.
The finish is very neat and seems very strong.
Can be tied in very heavy mono too......My preference is to not use crimps.
Pete
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Peter Morris:
I will test my drawing skills shortly...
Pete
Luke Wyrsta:
Never ever heard of a properly tied and seated Uni knot slippign, cracking, buckling, splitting in my life - and am actually dumbfounded it's being questioned!
Crimping is pretty simple and straightforward skill to learn. I crimp anything over 250lb.
Roll knots are great, but you need to keep the loops small, tight and under hand pressure so that they don't spring out whilst making the knot. I use this knot when I don't want to use crimps but may want to join a bite leader to shock leader.
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