The Blood Knot.

[Neil Maidment]

Listening to John Wilson at The CLA Game Fair last weekend, he was very dismissive of the blood knot and it's derivatives.

I've used the blood knot, full, half, tucked etc since I started fishing 40+ years ago.

Will someone please update me on the best knots to use, particularly when attaching eyed hooks, swivels etc (using mono up to about 8lbs)??

Ta ever so!

The best knot for nylon (polyamide) monos in my opinion is the Grinner knot. It's far better than the half blood knot.

For attaching eyed hooks, the knotless knot is also good.

For fluorocarbon you cannot beat the knotless knot or the palermo knot. Just as good is the half blood without the tuck.

Right as usual Ron. I gave up with blood knots a long time ago.

Grinner but I fish with braid most of the time.

Blood knots are strangulation knots end of.....!

Except that they are perhaps the best knot for tying a fly to fluorocarbon Phil.

No more than 5 turns, don't tuck it.

Don't ask me why, but the ordinary 1/2 blood is brilliant with this stuff just as it is useless for nylon.

We have discovered that PVDF has a strange property. Strangle it and it gets stronger.

Ron is the palermo the Italian version of the palomar?

Sorry Sean. I've got that place on the brain at the moment.

PALOMAR!

Rubbish Ron blood knot for floro are ****!

[honslow]

Fight!