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| Full shore leader knot | | Print | |
| Tuesday, 15 April 2008 | ||||
I have a new leader knot Long time followers of this site would know that in times past I've obsessed somewhat to figure out my ideal leader joining knot for kayak fishing. A while back I turned away from the improved Albright knot (for anything other than insanely thick leader lines) simply because I've seen it fail too many times under less than highly stressfull situations. That's a shame because it is a nice slim knot, making it perfect for casting. Since then I started using the double Uni knot and learned to place more faith in it. The problem I've found with this knot is that for relatively thin lines the chance of the mainline severing the leader is just too great. It works fine for heavier lines, although it does tend to leave a fairly large knot that isn't so great for casting. Now, I know there's a bunch of fandangled knots that are rather trustworthy and nice and slim. A good case in point is the mid-knot, which AKFF member Wopfish drew attention to recently in the Aus Kayak Fishing Forum. The problem I have with knots like this - as Wopfish admits - it's not one that you'd want to try and tackle on the water. I prefer to keep things simple so that re-tying leaders on the water isn't a chore. And this is something I tend to do a fair bit, because if I detect so much as the faintest nik in my leader line, I'll trim or replace. So recently I started testing out a new knot and I'm already pretty fond of it. It's an absolute no-brainer to tie and seems to hold it's strength pretty well. I have been bust off once so far (from a great big groper I suspect) but it took a lot of force to do so. And I've found it equally effective on light or heavy lines. Fishing knots come under various names typically, but the description I've found for it calls it the Full shore leader knot. It's main advantage - aside from being simple to tie - is that it offers the advantage of tapering, making for smoother casting. Once you've actually tied this knot it's easy to see why it holds well. One knot blocks the other which makes it virtually impossible to slip through. So if you're thinking about experimenting with a new knot for kayak fishing and like me, you like the K.I.S.S philosophy, give it a try. The diagram pictured is pretty self-explainatory.    
17-04-2008 18:39 hey dude...thats how i tie my double uni.... 19-04-2008 18:43 yeah mate, just the other day I realised I was doing the double uni wrong. It worked fine for thicker lines, but not for light lines. This knot works just as well as a correctly double uni would anyway though, so I'll stick with it. But I'll stick with the standard uni for terminal tackle for sure. Only registered users can write comments. Powered by AkoComment Tweaked Special Edition v.1.4.6 |
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