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Dan,

 

Well it is 1/2 correct. That is, from a practical point of view, the only time you should a blood knot is joining two lines together. Your knot is a half blood knot or half barrel knot. Will cost you a lot of fish as it is prone to slip. It's the worst of all knots.

 

FYI - I use the clinch knot most often - the rest of the time I use a palomar knot.

 

ayjay,

 

Every fishing knot is a strangulation knot

 

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I used a tucked half blood knot for years, and never had a problem with losing fish. I still do use it sometimes. I've always believed that even a half decent knot, properly tied, is better than an a

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I used a tucked half blood knot for years, and never had a problem with losing fish. I still do use it sometimes.

I've always believed that even a half decent knot, properly tied, is better than an allegedly superior knot, badly tied.

 

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It's a *strangulation knot* - it weakens the line - there are better knots that won't ever fail if tied correctly - learn them instead.

All knots weaken line. Ive never had a blood knot fail with a fish on ever *that i can remember lol*

 

so why would i want to use another (i do btw but blood is a nice quick simple knot thats done me alright for years)

 

Dan, the animated knot site others mentioned is the one id use.

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All knots weaken line. Ive never had a blood knot fail with a fish on ever *that i can remember lol*

 

so why would i want to use another (i do btw but blood is a nice quick simple knot thats done me alright for years)

 

Dan, the animated knot site others mentioned is the one id use.

I can tie knots which will always pull to the b/s of the line - the line will part elsewhere before the knot breaks.

 

I know I can't do that with a half-blood knot - I doubt that anyone can.

 

I don't fish for tiddlers - I expect my tackle to be up to the task demanded of it and I test anything new to destruction, especially line and knots - nothing is ever left to chance.

 

Lets look at it another way, if I were to go fishing now, choosing any form of fishing that I habitually do - and I tied my hook on with a half-blood knot, I know it would be the weakest link in my tackle - therefore I don't use a half-blood knot for hooks and can't recommend that anyone else does.

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They have their uses. They are particularly easy to tie and are strong enough for some purposes and are easy to undo. I don't use them much these days because, apart from when I'm fly fishing, if I'm using eyed hooks, I'm expecting a tussle, but there are still situations in which I use them. If I'm using light float gear somewhere I don't expect big fish, I might use a half blood to tie a hook length to a loop. If I think there is a chance of bigger fish, I will use something stronger. Likewise if I have to really scale down the bs of the hooklength and need all the strength I can get.

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Unless I am using the knotless knot I use my Matchman hook tyer for all hooks and the Palomar for swivels. Never lost one yet due to knot problem (mind you I tend to catch the smaller fish :hypocrite: )

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Dan,

 

Well it is 1/2 correct. That is, from a practical point of view, the only time you should a blood knot is joining two lines together. Your knot is a half blood knot or half barrel knot. Will cost you a lot of fish as it is prone to slip. It's the worst of all knots.

 

FYI - I use the clinch knot most often - the rest of the time I use a palomar knot.

 

 

 

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ahh, braid to mono, always an improved version of the Albright knot, 8-10 turns up and the same down, I only catch up to 85 lb congers with that knot so I haven't managed to test it to destruction yet. and the best thing about the knot is that I can still tie it with very heavy mono leader and super thin braid :D

 

http://www.animatedknots.com/albright/index.php?Categ=fishing&LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

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I doubt your claim about making a knot equal to the bs.

When you've done hundreds of tests using the right knot tied well, you'll be able to do the same.

 

Try a *Palomar* or a *Two pass stopped hitch*.

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