Quick Tips To Tighten Down Knots To Avoid Losing Fish
- By: Tony Acevedo
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THIS is how to tighten down knots to avoid losing fish!!!
It is super important to make sure your knots are properly cinched down so you don’t lose out on fish.
Fix this common error with these quick tips below!
Tighten Down Knots To Avoid Losing Fish [VIDEO]
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All too often, I see anglers forget to cinch their knots down and lose fish.
If you hook into a big fish after leaving the knot as is, you risk the tag end slipping down and out of the knot effectively undoing the knot.
Make sure the knot is fully snug to the hook or jighead.
If you’re using a loop knot, make sure the coils are tightly snug together.
Once you start tying the knot, stop before you’re about to cinch it down and lubricate the line.
You can use saliva very by very quickly putting the line in your mouth or water is also an option.
This helps the line cinch down and reduce heat from friction as the line slides and the coils form.
Use your thumbnail to slide the knot down as you pull on the line.
Again, make sure the knot is fully snug against the eye of the hook.
If you’re using smaller hooks that you can’t grab with your hand, you can hook it onto something to secure it as you cinch the knot down.
Once you’ve done that, go ahead and cut the tag end off of the knot.
Leave about 1/4-inch of line on the tag end.
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Didn’t Luke put out a video recently about wetting a knot actually makes it weaker or did I miss understand? He did convince me to stop using fluoro but maybe you’ve had different results?
Hey Dale!
If you cinch down a knot while it’s dry, it creates more heat and friction which can compromise the strength of the knot and the line closest to the knot. The knot is going to get wet either way so I don’t see how it can weaken the strength of it by wetting the knot first.
As far as fluoro goes, I’ve always used it and don’t have any issues with it. Only thing is I have switched to using the big spools of fluoro mainline since its cheaper than “leader material” and still gets the job done.
how long of a leader length do you have when setting up you rod ?
I prefer about 2ft of leader. If the water is very clear where Im fishing I will increase the length to 3ft. I also use an FG knot to connect my leader to mainline because it’s nice and slim so it runs through the guides easily.
Great idea of attaching the smaller hooks to something like pliers… Thanks Tony!
You’re welcome William!
Great info. An area I’ve really never focused on. Thanks
You’re welcome Ed!
Good info Tony! Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome Mark!
In addition, I’ll pull on the tag end as well before cutting it.
Definitely helps as well!