Try this :-
What are the knots that you use for different monos and braids ?or do you use the same for both ?.
There is a knot i use when hair-rigging a bait before tying the knotless knot so i never have to find a needle or a stop.
Hair-rig knot.
Does anybody out there have trouble with drilled pellets splitting when the bait is in the water for an extended period of time?
Well try tying the knot I use, which will hold a pellet complete for the hardest cast and all night ! ! ! And it only takes seconds to change bait . , it’s an easy knot to tie once you get the hang of it.
Take your hook length material and place upon it a hook , going through the eye from the front ,move the hook down out of your way so that the knot can now be tied.
Take the material and make 4 to 5 inch loop, follow that with a 2 inch loop on top of it , so you are now holding 3 strands between your finger and thumb with about 3 inches of the material hanging beyond. With the other hand take the end and pass it through both loops 4 times for bait up to 15mm or 5 times for larger bait. Gently pull on the larger loop so closing the smaller loop to make a grinner knot around what will become the bait loop. You should now have what looks like a hangman’s noose with the knot on the loop not the shank. Close the knot slowly to enclose what ever bait you choose and tighten , now bring the hook back and tie a knotless knot with the bait at the required distance from the bend of the hook. Pinching the knot between thumb and finger measure the required length of line and include 2 inches for the end loop, cut the line and pass the end through the eye from the back to finish off the knotless knot.
Try tying this knot at home in good light until you get it right , it has never let me down . You do need to tie a new one for each size of bait but you can fish for a week without touching a needle or stop. It will also tighten down around a round bait i.e. a boilie without needing to make a groove.
be lucky, steve.
