Graham Whatmore
Senior Member
As all anglers will have discovered it is virtually impossible to tie a knotless knot using line of about 8lb and upwards because the line will not pass through the eye twice, neither is it possible to tie a palomar knot for the same reason. Yes, I know to make a slanting cut but it is still just not possible to tie most size 14 hooks and even some size 12's, Drennan hooks are particularly guilty of this. Surely someone has told these hook manufacturers of this problem but if that is so they certainly have not listened or acted.
To tie a hair I have tried using very fine pre-stretchedhooklength tied through the eye and kept in place with small piece of pole float silicon tubing but the finished article looks a bituntidy to me and with my rheumy banana fingers its a bit finicky to put it mildly but it is the best I could come up with.
How do you do it?
To tie a hair I have tried using very fine pre-stretchedhooklength tied through the eye and kept in place with small piece of pole float silicon tubing but the finished article looks a bituntidy to me and with my rheumy banana fingers its a bit finicky to put it mildly but it is the best I could come up with.
How do you do it?