THE ONLY FISHING KNOT YOU WILL EVER NEED!?

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Permalink Reply by Gary Boysen on January 15, 2016 at 3:47am

My new knot. Time to start practicing tying it. Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on January 15, 2016 at 8:47am

thanks Gary ... i was very impressed with its versatility and strength.

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on January 15, 2016 at 3:35pm

2016015-When ice fishing the other day we were experiencing ice buildup in our guides in the very extreme weather. As i pulled the 2# test line thru the tip the line broke trying to free from the frozen guides. Usually i tie a Palomar knot to the snap or bait. My hands were so cold i was unable to tie the knot to the bait because the knot is just a tougher knot to tie. So i used the Uni knot in its place. Because i use super lines they slip thru most knots readily. The Palomar held strongly and has been my knot of choice for attachment for ice fishing. Now I use one or the other. Ice fishing I definitely will use the UNI exclusively.

Permalink Reply by Gary Boysen on January 15, 2016 at 5:47pm

I'm going to put braid on my secondary set-up: 6' Ugly Stick and Pfluger spinning reel. I will definitely use the UNI. After a few practice knots following along with the video, it's an easy knot to tie. Thanks, Slip.

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on January 16, 2016 at 3:17pm

your welcome Gary...can you describe your Ultra light rig?

Permalink Reply by Gary Boysen on January 16, 2016 at 4:08pm

My son's very old (circa 1990) 54" Quantum Micro. Cheap, flimsy and should be interesting if I hook anything decent size!! I put 6# Trilene XL on it. Can't wait to try it out.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Boysen on January 17, 2016 at 3:37am

Permalink Reply by Slip Sinker on January 16, 2016 at 9:44am

20160116- I wanted to share another application for this knot

I was deep jig fishing for crappies casting a 1/32 oz jig a country mile with my newly spooled 2# Nanofil... near the end of the cast a wind knot developed and I started reeling in carefully so the knot would not tighten up. A decent crappie hit the jig and as a consequence the knot tightened. I was not able to undo the knot and the line had to be cut. Instead of disposing of that long length of expensive line I tied the two ends of the line together with a Double UNI and was very satisfied with the repair.

Permalink Reply by Gary Boysen on January 16, 2016 at 4:11pm

I used the UNI to attach the mono backing to the braid. Very cool to finally be set up with braid on one of my reels. April seems so long off...

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