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Does a long bimimi double result in more wind knots?

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Luke Wyrsta:

--- Quote from: Andrew Poulos on April 04, 2007, 12:14:03 PM ---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.



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Andrew, i like the concept and am not doubting that it could work.

Just playing devil's advocate here - would this play any role in decreasing casting distance? Afterall, since it's purpose is to provide a 'barrier', then it could possibly also provide undesirable resistance due to it's position (anlged closer in and lower than the guide). What would stop wind knots being forming on the mono?

Andrew Poulos:
In theory it shouldn't decrease any distance as the line should not be hitting it unless a loose coil came out off the spool.Its made from stainless steel wire, and the sides of the wire must not be smaller than the inside diameter of the line guide. The author seems to be pretty happy with it so far , and he uses if for surfcasting with big snapper leads.
The pic in the mag is better but it seems to form a ramp from the blank up to the guide,so there is no where really for the line to get caught on it.

Brandon Khoo:
aaarrgghh!! I forgot I can't see a damn thing on my apple. So much for asking you to post a picture!!

Andrew Poulos:
Just emailed it through to you....

Neil:

What you need to tie, Brandon, is a finger bimini, this requires a flexible body or better still a hook or cleat to loop bimini over. Then you simply put a finger in the bimini loop and compress the knot tight up against the finger and hook together and finish the knot normally. This should result in a bimini around 100 to 150mm depending on number of turns.

Long bimini's can and will result in tangles at stripper, often times this is caused by the bimini loops splitting around the guide. Next time it happens, try and carefully unpick the knot to get to the root of the cause and check for yourself, it's quite revealing.

Neil

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