Advice From the Pros - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

bender0240 · 08-06-2009, 12:39 PM

I'm also not an expert but I recently did some tests on knots of Fluoro(20 lb) to Spectra(65lb). The uni to uni knot with 5 twists on fluoro and 10 twists to spectra(like the guy at Dana Market suggested) failed every time. The spectra sliced thru the fluoro like butter. By far the best connection was the Tony Pefia Knot. When I first looked at how the knot was tied I thought their was NO WAY it would hold, but when I tested it it never broke at the connection. Very impressive knot. Still though, I went and got some connector rings at squidco. I trust my knots way more (I use uni knots) but the Palomar Knot and the San Diego Jam knot are supposed to be the best. Although it's been suggested to me to put a long leader of clear line like you had, I just can't see the purpose of that since the spectra rarely sees the water. 4' to 10' leader seems to be the most practical for our type of fishing to give the spectra a chance to cut the kelp

Ben

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08-06-2009, 12:39 PM	#6
bender0240 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 118	I'm also not an expert but I recently did some tests on knots of Fluoro(20 lb) to Spectra(65lb). The uni to uni knot with 5 twists on fluoro and 10 twists to spectra(like the guy at Dana Market suggested) failed every time. The spectra sliced thru the fluoro like butter. By far the best connection was the Tony Pefia Knot. When I first looked at how the knot was tied I thought their was NO WAY it would hold, but when I tested it it never broke at the connection. Very impressive knot. Still though, I went and got some connector rings at squidco. I trust my knots way more (I use uni knots) but the Palomar Knot and the San Diego Jam knot are supposed to be the best. Although it's been suggested to me to put a long leader of clear line like you had, I just can't see the purpose of that since the spectra rarely sees the water. 4' to 10' leader seems to be the most practical for our type of fishing to give the spectra a chance to cut the kelp Ben