best knot for braid

[poacher76]

hi lads what is the most secure knot for attaching my braided line to my wire trace,had a disaster yestarday

[Anderoo]

hi lads what is the most secure knot for attaching my braided line to my wire trace,had a disaster yestarday

 

I use a grinner and never had any problems

 

PS expect to be told off for leaving a trace in a pike and fishing for pike out of season

Edited April 12, 2006 by Anderoo

[argyll]

hi lads what is the most secure knot for attaching my braided line to my wire trace,had a disaster yestarday

 

You don't say what you use between the line and the wire trace. At the risk of sounding obvious I hope you have a swivel in the middle... you'd be surprised as to how many try to tie a piece of mono/braid to a piece of wire. Either a uni-knot or a palomar (or a grinner) will do the trick. See them Here

[poacher76]

ok lads thanks for the advice,i usually use mono but got some braid to try,accedents happen and i always fish for pike all year round,with 60 acres and 10 people on syndicate did not think that would hurt them,but what is the season if you dont mind me asking, thanks again

[Brian Carragher]

Although still not convinced on the merits of using braid over mono I do use it to make my own opinion and when I do I always use the palomar knot and tie to a snap link which then is attached to the wire trace, the snap link having it's own swivel built in. Exactely the same set up as when using mono it's just the line that's different not the terminal set up.

 

The season for pike traditionally (many years ago) used to be from 1st October to 14th March. That was when close season rules were applicable. Obviously we now have more relaxed rules re the close season and you can fish legally for pike all year round if you are on a lake as you are or with the permission of any fishery owner. If you are on the rivers then you can legally pike fish as per the close season dates

[poacher76]

thanks for that brian,i thought iwas killing of the species or something, thanks again

[seph]

Always used a grinner for braid, never had one fail

[Dick Dastardly]

Always used a Grinner and never had it fail.

[Steve Burke]

I attach the braid to a plain snap using a palomar knot. I then attach the wire trace to the snap. Not only does it make changing traces easy, it means that I can unclip the trace when unhooking a pike, thus speeding up the operation and also keeping the rod out of the way.

[Brian Carragher]

I attach the braid to a plain snap using a palomar knot. I then attach the wire trace to the snap. Not only does it make changing traces easy, it means that I can unclip the trace when unhooking a pike, thus speeding up the operation and also keeping the rod out of the way.

 

Snap, if you pardon the pun