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Originally Posted by numbskull
For what it is worth, I don't. Once I have a knot I am happy with, I've given up retying routinely unless the leader is frayed. A well set knot (I use a vise and two hands to set mine) in heavy mono or fluro is not weakening anytime quickly....and I have more confidence in a knot that has been tested and passed, than a new one tied in less than ideal conditions. Occasionally it costs me, but no more than new knots have.
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In this case it wasn't the knot that loosened.
The fluorocarbon line of the knot itself that was in intimate contact with the snap appeared to have cold flowed over time, reducing its diameter and ultimate strength and this was what broke.