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Does a long bimimi double result in more wind knots?

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Brandon Khoo:
I've been experimenting with this for a little while now and would be interested in the experience of others. For me, I normally tie a very short bimimi double to attach to a twisted leader. I in fact try to make this segment as short as I can and this is usually about six inches in length.

When tying bimimis quickly however, I have found it much easier to tie a long doubled section. This is using the method whereby you loop it first around your feet and then around your knees. By spreading your knees, you automatically do the wind back section so you can then finish it with half hitches or a rizzuto (thank Mark) as I learned yesterday. I can tie one of these within a couple of minutes whereas a short bimimi (assuming 50 - 70 turns) takes me five minutes as it is very hard to do it this way. The reason why is that I have to manually wind back a short bimimi by hand.

The problem with a long doubled section is that I believe it increases the possibility of the loop catching on the guides (especially the first guide) when you're casting. With a short bimimi, I very rarely have wind knots (and can I say that the terms should be "wind' as in "winding", not what causes a breeze) whereas I have found that with the long bimimi, I definitely get more wind knots.

Interested on the observations of others.......

Andrew Poulos:
I only use short biminis..I found with longer ones sometimes the leg of one would be more likely to also catch the joining knot if it was something like an albright. But havent tried long bimini with a twisted leader to see if it opens up and catchs on the guide.

Once thing I saw in a NZ mag recently was that a stiff piece of mono or wire was made into a loop and taped to the rod under the stripper guide. The loop had to be slightly larger than the inside of the guide and it sat  from lower down the rod moving up towards the guide. Then any spare coils etc that came off the spool were not able to catch the guide. I can scan a picture of this...something like that might allow for a longer double.

Brandon Khoo:
Andrew - can you scan it? I'd be interested to see what it looks like

Andrew Poulos:
heres the pic

Luke Wyrsta:
I prefer to use a Bimini that is no more than 2/3 inches in length. It can be tied in less than 2 minutes easily with practice. I see no advantage in a longer Bimini (willing to be enlightened). The double is only formed to allow for a loop-to-loop connection and to keep the line as close to 100% BS as possible, you would also be silly to 'leader' the fish with the double too - shock leader is much better for that IMO.

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