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Old 03-05-09, 09:32 PM   #1
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this knot was featured in the most recent bassmaster magazine. gary klein uses it for flourocarbon instead of the palomar knot. now i am not gonna go all crazy and say that it is better than the palomar knot but the article sounds like it would be a good knot for flourocarbon. for what it's worth the article says that klein learned this knot from shaw grigsby after he told grigsby that he had broken a lot of palomar knots. it says that it is the only knot that klein uses for flourocarbon now. any opinions?

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Old 03-05-09, 09:36 PM   #2
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Interesting. I have a few fluoro on order, should be getting them in few days and will let you know how it works. Thanks for posting it.
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Old 03-05-09, 09:49 PM   #3
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does it work with mono as well? it looks like it would.
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I tried it on mono and yes, it works very well.
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Old 03-05-09, 10:30 PM   #5
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thaks rebbasser, i'll try it this weekend.
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Old 03-05-09, 11:38 PM   #6
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I had seen and tried it before. I thought it was a good knot, but I lost too much line on the tag end. It may have been how I tied it.
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Old 03-06-09, 09:05 AM   #7
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I'm going to try it this weekend. I'm picking up some XPS fluoro at the BPS today. I have my first tourney next Sat. and we are going to practice tomorrow on the lake. I read the article and want to try it!
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Old 03-06-09, 09:21 AM   #8
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Does it work well for braid too?
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I don't know that it would or wouldn't I don't like too many twists in my braid knots. I think it is just more places it can slip.
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Old 03-06-09, 03:24 PM   #10
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it looks like a clinch knot...

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Old 03-06-09, 04:11 PM   #11
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never fish with flourocarbon.... tell me how it works out
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