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    Quote Originally Posted by Crestliner08 View Post
    I've found, when watching someone tie their knots, that they tend you yank them tight right away. Big mistake. Tie whatever knot you want, for whatever the application, and SLOWLY snug up that knot. If you take your time with it, you will have about as good a knot as can be had. And I've always wetted my knots before cinching them up too. Maybe I'm wrong or that it's not necessary, but after decades of practice, I can say that I rarely have a knot fail. Guess it works for me.
    I have never seen a Palomar knot break right at the knot, and I never wet my knots. Plus I pull them tight fast.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Techno2000 View Post
    I have never seen a Palomar knot break right at the knot, and I never wet my knots. Plus I pull them tight fast.
    then you need to watch me tie one with flouro!

    I gave up on flouro for leaders as no method of cautious tying gave me repeatably strong knots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by binfordw View Post
    then you need to watch me tie one with flouro!

    I gave up on flouro for leaders as no method of cautious tying gave me repeatably strong knots.
    I've never liked the Palomar knot. I use the Becker knot:

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    Quote Originally Posted by binfordw View Post
    then you need to watch me tie one with flouro!

    I gave up on flouro for leaders as no method of cautious tying gave me repeatably strong knots.
    I was wondering about that, so knots made with fluorocarbon tend to break more easily than with mono ?

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    Dont take my word for it-

    but I purchased 3-4 brands of flouro in an attempt to solve "my" issue with breaking knots. Long story short, I never did and gave up.

    The benefits of flouro are less than the hassles of knot strength imo.


    Its odd, tons of people rave about it. A guy I work with did too, and after struggling with flouro and knots I eventually had him tie one in front of me. I broke it with 2 fingers. He did several more that we also broke. He shrugged it off as a mystery I guess and I let it go as to not (knot? lol) offend him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Techno2000 View Post
    For my double tandem saltwater jigs I tie the first jig on, then go up the line about a foot and tie a small loop, next come down about two feet and tie the second jig.
    Gonna add a little to Techno2000's post. Get you some Fluorocarbon line and follow Techno's instruction. Tie a jig at each end and then tie a loop in the fluoro. Tie the loop about 2/3 the way between the two jigs. This will make one a little longer than the other and they want tangle. The flouro is easier to tie the loop knot in because once it's tied it want slip. Tie the main line to the loop and your ready. Tie you up several doubles before you go fishing and when you break off just grab a new rig and tie it on. This is the way I rig doubles to speckled trout fish in and for long lining
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    I have no problems with fluoro breaking. I have caught some monster bull reds on 20lb fluoro leaders and nothing that swims in the fresh water lakes I fish has that kind of power including stripers. I tie crappie leaders on 8lb Berkley flouro doubles on 6lb main line. You can use a little heavier leader because flouro sinks and is invisible. I may break off a bunch the next trip I take but to this date I have never had a crappie break a fluro leader
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    Quote Originally Posted by footballcoach View Post
    Gonna add a little to Techno2000's post. Get you some Fluorocarbon line and follow Techno's instruction. Tie a jig at each end and then tie a loop in the fluoro. Tie the loop about 2/3 the way between the two jigs. This will make one a little longer than the other and they want tangle. The flouro is easier to tie the loop knot in because once it's tied it want slip. Tie the main line to the loop and your ready. Tie you up several doubles before you go fishing and when you break off just grab a new rig and tie it on. This is the way I rig doubles to speckled trout fish in and for long lining
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    You might also be interested in a jig that Grousefly makes :

    called the Double Deuce
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    I don't use "double" jig rigs, so I haven't gotten around to using these ... so I cannot give an opinion on how well they work.
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