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BigTunaL · 04-12-2018, 08:26 AM

Thanks for all the good info ... learn something new every day.

dpricenator · 04-12-2018, 10:57 AM

OK, I figured out the Double Improved Cinch knot thing.

This is going to be way easier than they way I was going to try it. I just made up 5 of these, in different lengths and will be hitting the depths off Dana Point this weekend.

Thanks for the tips.

Fiskadoro · 04-12-2018, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dpricenator

OK, I figured out the Double Improved Cinch knot thing.

This is going to be way easier than they way I was going to try it. I just made up 5 of these, in different lengths and will be hitting the depths off Dana Point this weekend.

Thanks for the tips.

Ha Ha.... I just made you a video.

Fiskadoro · 04-12-2018, 12:04 PM

Hopefully you can see this but this is kind of the reverse of a clinch knot, in the you want to make a loop then wrap toward the hook rather the twist away from it, so the wraps come out perfectly flat for a 100% knot. That is 100lb test spectra, much heavier then I would ever use but it was more visible then 20lb.

Hope that helps. Good luck at Dana

Fiskadoro · 04-12-2018, 03:56 PM

Trap on, trap off.

dpricenator · 04-13-2018, 06:17 AM

Gracias! I had 30 lb SpiderWire Braid in the car, so I used that instead of the Power Pro Spectra. I got the biggest trebles Walmart had, but they are the RED hooks. Does that pose a problem for me?

Anyway, I tested the knot, using the post from the headrest in the back seat of my car, and a screwdriver on my end to pull on. I pulled HARD, and the right as the hook started to straighten out, the line broke. But it did not break at the knot. I must have been putting 50 lbs of pressure on that rig, so at the least I know the knot is good. I can't believe a cinch knot could hold like that using braid.

I'll tie the rest using the method in you video, if I get a chance to watch it today.

dpricenator · 04-13-2018, 06:21 AM

The 2nd video does not link to the tube. But I see the car you too to make sure the 2 lines lay flat as the wrap around. I didn't even think of that, because you don't have to thing about that with only one line. I may try some more today at lunch.

04-12-2018, 08:26 AM	#1
BigTunaL Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 170	Thanks for all the good info ... learn something new every day. __________________

04-12-2018, 12:04 PM	#4
Fiskadoro ....... Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,509	Hopefully you can see this but this is kind of the reverse of a clinch knot, in the you want to make a loop then wrap toward the hook rather the twist away from it, so the wraps come out perfectly flat for a 100% knot. That is 100lb test spectra, much heavier then I would ever use but it was more visible then 20lb. Hope that helps. Good luck at Dana Last edited by Fiskadoro; 04-12-2018 at 12:14 PM.

04-12-2018, 10:57 AM	#2
dpricenator Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: South OC Posts: 120	OK, I figured out the Double Improved Cinch knot thing. This is going to be way easier than they way I was going to try it. I just made up 5 of these, in different lengths and will be hitting the depths off Dana Point this weekend. Thanks for the tips.

04-12-2018, 03:56 PM	#5
Fiskadoro ....... Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,509	Trap on, trap off.

04-13-2018, 06:17 AM	#6
dpricenator Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: South OC Posts: 120	Gracias! I had 30 lb SpiderWire Braid in the car, so I used that instead of the Power Pro Spectra. I got the biggest trebles Walmart had, but they are the RED hooks. Does that pose a problem for me? Anyway, I tested the knot, using the post from the headrest in the back seat of my car, and a screwdriver on my end to pull on. I pulled HARD, and the right as the hook started to straighten out, the line broke. But it did not break at the knot. I must have been putting 50 lbs of pressure on that rig, so at the least I know the knot is good. I can't believe a cinch knot could hold like that using braid. I'll tie the rest using the method in you video, if I get a chance to watch it today.

04-13-2018, 06:21 AM	#7
dpricenator Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: South OC Posts: 120	The 2nd video does not link to the tube. But I see the car you too to make sure the 2 lines lay flat as the wrap around. I didn't even think of that, because you don't have to thing about that with only one line. I may try some more today at lunch.