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03-13-2019, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 5,377
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Leader knot
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03-13-2019, 08:38 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 1,733
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Guppy, that is the FG knot.
I just did a few leaders recently with it and it is very low profile and goes thru guides great, esp. on the rod I just wrapped which I used micro runners.
That tool is absolutely unnecessary
I also put a drop of zap-a-gap in the knot when done.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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03-13-2019, 12:13 PM
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User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Yup
I’ve tied it a couple times, I re tie so many so often that I don’t have the patience for it...
I should, my go to rods are all micro runners.....
Soooon :-)
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03-19-2019, 03:44 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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I have the tool and love it.
Ties a much more consistent and dependable knot than the other ways.
I had two years of experience tying and fishing this knot prior to buying the tool. No way I'd go back to doing without it.
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03-20-2019, 06:31 AM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
Posts: 5,196
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
I have the tool and love it.
Ties a much more consistent and dependable knot than the other ways.
I had two years of experience tying and fishing this knot prior to buying the tool. No way I'd go back to doing without it.
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Which tool do you use? I've been tying it freehand using the rod in a holder or wedged in my legs for tension. It works fine at home or on a calm boat but would be hard in some seas. |
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03-20-2019, 05:08 PM
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User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tlapinski
Which tool do you use? I've been tying it freehand using the rod in a holder or wedged in my legs for tension. It works fine at home or on a calm boat but would be hard in some seas.
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See my original post,,, post #1 |
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03-20-2019, 08:40 PM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 384
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
I have the tool and love it.
Ties a much more consistent and dependable knot than the other ways.
I had two years of experience tying and fishing this knot prior to buying the tool. No way I'd go back to doing without it.
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+2 in every respect re Xman/numbskull QUOTE. In fact, Xman bought me the tool as I was skeptical and too otherwise cheap. I can still tie this knot in the field across my fingers with some tape; however, it is not as reliable or durable bashing in and out of guides with casting.
Oh, it so pains me to admit that Numbskull is correct about anything... |
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03-21-2019, 06:56 AM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Guppy
See my original post,,, post #1
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I was just wondering if Numbskull is using the tool from your video or one of the others available. |
Co-Host of The Surfcast Podcast
"Out there in the surf is where it's at, that's where the line gets drawn in the sand between those who talk fishing and those who live it."
- a wise man.
One good fish, a sharpie does not make...
Certified rock hopping billy goat.
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03-21-2019, 07:16 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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I have the knot assist 2.0 tool.
It makes the job a much more compact operation (it doesn't require using the rod) and tension remains more controllable.
I had several knots fail (while casting of all things) when tied using the "no tool method". That has not been an issue since.
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03-22-2019, 08:25 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,233
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Tool looks cool. I'm cheap. I use 2 chip clips.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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