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08-04-2005, 08:02 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,876
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I'm using the Mirage 44lb Fluro for leaders and have always used the Improved Clinch knot with an extra overhand knot after I cinch the knot up.
Never had one slip
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No boat, back in the suds. 
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08-04-2005, 08:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
Posts: 1,025
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Thanks guys. I use 80# around the rocks but most of the time I use 50#.
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08-04-2005, 11:19 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,159
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In heavier mono (I never saw the need to use heavy flouro) I use a simple clinch with fewer turns. IMO it's more important to get the knot snug than it is to add the turns or pass it thru the loop with as you do with an improved clinch.
Another option is to use the "non slip loop" knot. Tie a loose overhand knot in the leader about 6-8" from the end. Pass the tag end thru the eye of the lure, leaving yourself about an inch diameter loop between the overhand knot and the lure. Then go up thru the overhand knot with the tag end, take three wraps around the standing part, and bring the tag end down thru the open overhand, then tighten it up. The knot is basically a three-turn bowline.
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08-04-2005, 11:27 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,990
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put the bunny through the hole, all done 
Last edited by Krispy; 08-04-2005 at 11:38 AM..
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Sooner or later you're going to realize just as I did that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. - Morpheus
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08-04-2005, 02:24 PM
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fishing the pacific
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Port Townsend, WA
Posts: 993
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Palomar or Uni - I have had a failure or two, but I am sure I was operator failure. I was tired or lazy and didn't tighten it down enough.
If the knot is slipping, but you are confident in your skills you can try adding zap-a-gap or super glue. Or you can tie an over-hand knot on the tag end before trimming.
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Keep lines wet and tight in the pacific
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08-04-2005, 04:26 PM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
Posts: 2,909
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palomar or uni.
palomar seems to be the easiest if one rembers the order

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08-04-2005, 09:14 PM
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EVERY FISH COUNTS!!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: south plymouth, MA
Posts: 727
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i use the improved clinch knot. get some rigging golves(you can get these at a offshore based fishing store) and pull the standing line hard to snug it up also wet the knot before snuging it up. add a dab of zap-a-gap slow set glue after the knot is done
Last edited by CANAL RAT; 08-05-2005 at 09:24 PM..
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todays schoolie is tomorrows keeper,todays keeper is tomorrows cow,practice catch and release!!!.
GOD BLESS THE NRA!!!!
ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!
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