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Post by mwardncsu on Aug 16, 2013 15:12:46 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the kite-fisher snell after Travis showed it to me - super easy to tie, the downside is you need access to both ends of the leader - so when you snag up and break off a hook you have to either tie a regular old knot or cut the leader at the swivel, re-snell and then re-tie. I ran across this one today - the use of the uni-knot as a snell on Octopus style hooks (bent eyes). Looks really easy to tie, and I'm a big uni-knot fan anyway as it is what I tie for every thing else other than my snells.... www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/snell-knot-uni-version Going to give this one a try soon enough....  |
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Post by dogsbestfriend on Aug 16, 2013 17:31:06 GMT -5
thats cool, i should have thought of that ! thanks
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Post by CorneliaGale on Aug 16, 2013 17:44:40 GMT -5
Nice knot,looks interesting will have to try it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2014 21:04:54 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of the kite-fisher snell after Travis showed it to me - super easy to tie, the downside is you need access to both ends of the leader - so when you snag up and break off a hook you have to either tie a regular old knot or cut the leader at the swivel, re-snell and then re-tie. I ran across this one today - the use of the uni-knot as a snell on Octopus style hooks (bent eyes). Looks really easy to tie, and I'm a big uni-knot fan anyway as it is what I tie for every thing else other than my snells.... www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/snell-knot-uni-versionGoing to give this one a try soon enough.... How is this working for you? Does it really offer a straight hook set? It seems to me that one pressure point exists on the shaft versus pressure down the shaft. Other disadvantages I can think of are you have to cut it off and it's tough to tie compared to the kite fisher. Also.. I wonder if a quick kite fisher coupled with a cinch knot at the swivel would be quicker to tie than this? |
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Post by mwardncsu on Dec 27, 2014 21:28:04 GMT -5
Never have tied it - forget about it when on the water but seems pretty quick to tie.
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