I just find it interesting (possibly a little frustrating) that two different outfits claim to be tying the "correct" snell knot but after a little review It has become inherently apparent that there are people out there that are tying the same knot differently. I realize that you can ties the same knot using different techniques but the end results are the same. How can two claim to be tying the correct Snell knot.

Take a look at both of these video clips and you can easily see that they are not tied the same, they are not the same knot. The funny thing of the matter is that both of these sites claim to be experts.

Animated knots by Grog is one

Zing products (claims to be a big company) is the other

On one the line is wrapped around the eye of the hook twice while the other only once. They are not the same knot. I would like to think that there is only one correct way to "snell" a hook but maybe I'm wrong.

if you cut and paste the URL you can go right to each site.

http://www.animatedknots.com/snell/index.php

and the second spin on that knot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxXg8ztX07M

While I'm on the topic of knots.... doesn't anyone know if the knot called the Double Grinner is the same as the Uni to Uni.

I hear that it is but watching the video's of each it doesn't appear that they are.

There are at least two ways if snelling a hook (that I'm aware of) one way is to use the eye of the hook to secure the knot. the other way doesn't use the eye of the hook at all and can be tied on hooks that don't have an eye.

I do the (3rd?) way shown in the Jamestown video starting at 3:37m, 6 wraps and never lost a fish due to snell failure.

Couldnt view the second video but I've always done what I guess is called the traditional version of the snell knot.
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The Uni-knot in lieu of a snell works great as well ... same great strength and same straight pull ...