favourite Loop knot.

[Feral]

Being a new convert to the world of braid and lures, I had to learn a few new knots.

Ferg has been my teacher here, being an old barra fisherman from way back (yeah he grew up in townsville on the banks of a local creek and has caught more barra than I could poke a stick at).

One knot he uses, I have never seen another fisherman use, although it is a common knot. I was initially worried about it slipping, but after seeing him land a 1m plus barra on it at Awoonga, I was convinced. The knot is a simple bowline, and used to attach anything to a line that needs a loop.

[img size=128]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Bowline.gif

It is also really easy to tie for us gentleman of more mature years, who cant see fine line all that well! Anyone else use it?

Post edited by: Feral, at: 2007/01/18 05:02

[Tom B]

Yes, but with a slight difference. [img size=411]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/loop_knot.gif

[Cowfish13]

The bowline is a very weak knot. Me and my brother tested out a few and found that both the Bowline and Spiders hitch weren't very strong.

We use a \"double figure of eight\" and we also found that the the knot that you use to make the loop in the paternosker rig is also very strong.