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Power Pro Knot HELP!

Katman

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My friends finally convinced me to try their and most of you guys here's power pro line. I'm a die hard mono guy. I only use 10lbs. Nothing more and nothing less. I purchased some 30lbs power pro yesterday and deceided to go out fishing with it. I went by myself to Hastings. Got 4 cats only...biggest was about 4lbs. What I noticed was my knot strength was very LOW! And you can't bite the line off line my mono. The line was very sensitive and powerful but I kept breaking my line. What knots do you guys use for this stuff? I'm not sure what knots I've used because I never cared to know. I only tie two knots. One on the shaft of the hook (like the packaged eagleclaws) and one ontop of the eye. I go through the eye of the hook or swivel, come back and loop it around my pinky, wrap the section between my hands and hook eye, and come back and go through the loop on my pinky. Any help will do on getting my knots to hold. Anyone have pictures too? grin.gif

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MJCatfish Proficient

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I like to use power pro for muskies and cats and I've usually used the Palomar knot or a snell knot on circle hooks. The Palomar Knot is easy to learn and you can find it on the Power Pro HSOforum. The type of snell knot I use is also easy to use and I learned it from Steve Hoffmann from In-Fisherman. I'll look to see if I can find an illustration somewhere for the snell knot.

Oh, I like to use 65-80 pound test power pro because it's got more thickness making it easier to handle and easier on your hands in landing fish and pulling snag situations.

Good Luck<

MJ

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I didn't even think of finding the HSOforum..hahahha. What was I thinking. And lucky me...I got the line out and threw the box away. How bad can it get? confused.gif I'm glad I have you guys around. I'm heading out to Hastings again tonight. Hope I have better luck tonight. Time to try my new knots! Someone told me to use a double trilene knot. Is that one better?

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Were your knots slipping or was the line actually breaking? If you were fishing from shore in Hastings, I know there is a lot of rock in the water from the 61 bridge all the way up to the Lock and Dam. Even with my 65lb. Stren super-braid it is hard to avoid breaking over there. Like people have said on here before the monofilament is more abrasion resistant when it comes to fishing the sharp rocky areas and the super braids are great fishing the wood. You could setup two different reels or an extra spool, one mono & one braid for different situations.

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Palomar is super, duper strong and its one of the easiest knots to tie as well. Almost easier than lacing my shoes up! wink.gif

I've pulled and pulled and pulled to get my rigs out of snags and have never had a knot come undone trying to get my rig back. The latest one I remember is I straightened both eyes on the swivel into long ovals, and nearly straightened out a 10/0 Gamakatsu Octopus hook trying to free it from some wood. Thats with 80lb PP all tied up with Palomar knots. Palomar is the real deal!

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There is one thing I feel when tying any knot with PP the line needs to be wet when tied. If it is not the knot can slip and come undone if not cinched down wet.

Has anyone else found this to be true?

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I was actually fishing by the dam. There were a few snags but nothing too bad. What I saw was my line was breaking at the eye of the hook. I didn't know you were suppose to double that up. The way I tied it was very similar to an UNI knot. And I don't really wet the line...only with my mouth real quick. I will try wetting the line tonight with water and will be using the palomar knot.

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There is one thing I feel when tying any knot with PP the line needs to be wet when tied. If it is not the knot can slip and come undone if not cinched down wet.

Has anyone else found this to be true?

Wetting the knot has more to do with lessing the friction that can cause a knot to weaken with mono I believe. I have never had a problem with Power Pro but what ever gives you confidence in your gear I am all for it. It sure couldnt hurt! smile.gif

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I went out last night and tried the knots and they were awesome! I was using the UNI and PALOMAR knots. They were comparibly stronger! I'm still not use to tying on the pp line yet but I guess it'll come with time. I only had 1 set up last night....got my rig back from every snag! I'm starting to think I love this line... smirk.gif

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