Welded loop broke. Re-weld or snell knot?
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nail knots secure the shaft to the fly line and as to weight, take one fine scale to measure any...the factory loops on lines used for King's tend to start cracking after a while, so replaced mine with Guidebrod loops which never failed.
Anyhoo, it's just fishing, we all have our respective slant on methods, and none are more right than the others..
Anyhoo, it's just fishing, we all have our respective slant on methods, and none are more right than the others..
I almost wrote this same thing....only in a bit more dickish manner....let's stick with your version!
I feel sorry for those who have been seduced by the 'easy living' false sirens of air conditioning, the internal combustion engine, and flyline loops.
What's next? A cardboard sign, fentanyl, and residence under a freeway overpass? A Zebco spincast reel?
Your future is grim, my friends...unless you mend your ways (as well as your drift).
What's next? A cardboard sign, fentanyl, and residence under a freeway overpass? A Zebco spincast reel?
Your future is grim, my friends...unless you mend your ways (as well as your drift).
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I've seen a couple references to failed loops AND failed knots so I'll call it a wash. Lots of people I respect use loops.
I'll continue to use the loop on all my lines with functional loops because I like the convenience and perhaps I'm too unrefined to know the difference, but if/when they fail, I'll tie up a snell or nail or Albright knot. This is what I had on my first line decades ago.
Thanks for all the advice. Instead of getting crazy partisan about it, just put me in the "loops are fine, until they are knot" camp.
I'll continue to use the loop on all my lines with functional loops because I like the convenience and perhaps I'm too unrefined to know the difference, but if/when they fail, I'll tie up a snell or nail or Albright knot. This is what I had on my first line decades ago.
Thanks for all the advice. Instead of getting crazy partisan about it, just put me in the "loops are fine, until they are knot" camp.
Albright, braided loop, welded loop, nail knot, needle knot, they all fail eventually. In the past I used braided loops or nail knots, now I like welded loops. I've never lost my leader from any of the fore. You have to inspect and take care of your stuff.
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Would a nail knot reliably work for Giant Trevallies? Allbright sounds like a better option.
at this point flogging a dead horse, but willing to give it one last lick...have a Guideline 9 wt intermediate line that is 15 years old, it's loop frayed by end of first King season, replaced it with a Gudebrod loop (thank you Jay Nicolas for the tip), fished it every year for another decade in which it took a lotta Kings including my biggest, loop remained fine. And if it had ever showed wear a few minutes to snip it off and add a new one,
Exactly!
Question was about a 6 weight - I don’t think he’s after GTs (though you never know, given who asked….)
haha I am not after GTs with this 6wt. This is my go-to SRC/beach line, which is why the backing-to-flyline loop has seen zero action. I do have some GT equipment now though, so you never know...
Interestingly enough the freebie Rio Leviathan line I got for tuna has a nail (?) knot butt section attached by the previous owner, and now I'm nervous after watching the aforementioned Tom Rowand video where both nail and snell (same thing?) pull the coating off the line at around 20lbs.
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Apologies... this was not in the context of the original question. I was just reading the answers and thinking about my upcoming trip to Kiritimati.