You’ll NEVER Tie Another FISHING KNOT (I TESTED Them All)

Fishing Knots...there have always been debates on what is the strongest and best fishing knot. I did the test so now you know!

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When out comes to fishing knots, everyone has always wanted to know what ones are the best...In this video I test some of the most popular fishing knots on the market and found the strongest one!

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[donkswampey]

Naturally as an engineer, these are my favorite videos. Thanks for clearing this up for all of us. Of course we’re all going to want a leader to main line knot test next lol

[gustavotellez]

You can improve the uni knot in two important ways: 1) pass the line through the eye of the hook twice, instead of once and 2) increase the turns of the knot (I use 8). Secondly, you should look at the effect of the length of the tag on your experiments: the way you did these, its unclear whether the knot is slipping or whether its failing some other way.

[frankw]

As someone who does materials testing for a living, when you have samples that are subject to human error (like knot tying), you should plan out two supplementary tests in addition to the number of results you are seeking, toss out the high & low outliers, then analyze your remaining results. In statistics, one sample is an indicator, two is an average, and three or more is considered a statistical analysis... if you apply this logic to your testing, kick out the high/low and calculate the three remaining, the results are as follows:
Palomar - 19.67
Double Jam - 19.43
Snell - 19.27
Double Pitzen - 18.90
Uni - 18.27
Trilene - 17.40
Improved Clinch - 17.23

[donprescott]

Nice job, Tyler! After 50 years of fishing, I've settled on the uni-knot with 4 wraps. Tying the strongest knot is only part of the equation, because some knots wear well and some don't. For example, the uni-knot will wear well all day and the Palomar will not. I often look at my line, feel my line and check my knot by trying to break it as I fish. I gave up on the Palomar because It too frequently disintegrated and I would break off a fish long before I reached the end of my hookset. That doesn't happen with the uni-knot. I hope I can save your viewers some aggravating break-offs. Really like your style!

[davycornell]

Turning the crank by hand i think is a variable that fucks up the test. Like tearing toilet paper off the roll if you do it fast it breaks off a square, slow, and it unravels the roll. So pulling it at the exact same ft/lbs and same speed is inportant

[kurtcarter]

I like your channel a lot. I'm a retired Engineer. I spent years in an Engineering test lab. I would love to see someone look at the mechanics or each knot and see what causes each knot to fail. Do they fail predictable in the same point, or type of point such as line to line or line to hook eye or where a line crosses another line. Slow motion video would be cool. It is a lot of fun chasing failures. Sometimes we never figure it out as well as we would like to actually make a design change. Sometimes we assume the wrong thing by a mile. Keep doing it !!!

[mojoez]

As long as your line is good and you tied the knot the right way, all these knot will work fine.

[kenwebster]

I have done similar tests for my fly fishing setups to ocean trolling setups. What I found was that each knot has an optimum number of wraps for each line class. Generally the finner the line is, the more wraps are needed for optimum strength and if you do more wraps than is optimum, the line will breakvery easily. For example, you might do 8 wraps in 4 lb line, but only 2 or 3 in 30 lb line. If you do too many wraps in heavy thick line, it may break at only 10% or so.

[missinlink]

I appreciate the video bro but please put on some safety googles. I would hate for you to lose an eye trying to teach us something important!

[Ravens]

I switched from the trilene knot to the double pitzen knot last year based off your last video. Since doing that, I have not had a single break-off at the knot. Not one. And I won my club championship on Okeechobee last month with 7+ and 8+ pound fish. I'm good.

[Al-oeib]

Been using a uni knot for charters for the last 30 years, if you double the line before tying the uni, the main line will break before the knot

[rpredl]

I taught mechanical engineering and design for 40 years and did any similar tests with my students. You used good procedures to collect your data. Only suggestions would be to wear safety glasses and cover the hook point. Nice job.

[ratoneJR]

While the DSD Jamb knot performs well in this test, you said it is critical to tie ANY knot correctly. Palomar is simple and quick, thus I always use this whenever possible.
I have used the Palomar exclusively, whenever possible, for 45+ years. Any breakage or slipage can be counted on two hands, but I am a fitness fisherman not a buriser.
Thanks for reinforcing my decades old decision. You da man. 👍

[davidneczypir]

The improved clinch knot is my favorite knot. Since I was a kid I did that knot. Do more like this..

[jasonpadgett]

Great video but on any knot I always help guide the cinching down without pulling it tight or it will burn the fluorocarbon. I always used to wet it and pull tight and finally figured out if I assist the knot down with my finger before pulling it tight I hardly ever break off because of the knot.

[dustinwalker]

Miller knot has been my go fluoro knot for about 4 years now and there is no going back for me. Prior to that it was a double San Diego jam. I still use a Palomar for braid, well a double Palomar to be specific. I will use the snell if I’m flipping/punching but not in wood. The PR knot replaced the FG knot for me for leaders, unless I don’t have a bobbin handy. Edit: one of the reasons for the consistency of the snell over the rest is due to the way it is tied with no real tension of the not being slid down the line to the termination point which weakens the line. A Palomar can work with fluoro if tied carefully but there are much better knots for fluoro, ie the miller and dsdj.

[collector_effectors]

Double and Single SDJ are fantastic knots. I think it's a good idea to master a few different knots because I think for different line types and hook types, there's different optimum knots.

[JC-dtjv]

Sometimes those outliers are real! Some knots are more compatable with a line than others. The strength of the best knot will vary by brand and diameter.

SDJ originated on the west coast among tuna fisherman, its a very legit knot. Also, the double palomar/nanofil knot is more compact, simple to tie than the DSDJ, and has two fewer tags. double palomar/ modified palomar is more cosistant than the normal palomar.

I use the single/reg SDJ on braid. It WILL not slip like many knots will (palomar included).

[TomJones-txpb]

When I was a child I met a professional match fisherman and he taught me how to whip a line onto a hand made spade end hook. I tested them in the same way of this video, and the line never broke at the knot! The takeaway from this is that the loop on the hook and line imperfections are the weakest links. With good line, my small hooks would straighten before the line broke with 100yds of 4 lb test line taking the strain.

[bradrout]

Hi Brad here,
Just wanted to say great test, very interesting, I watched it all 👍💯
I acknowledge the fact that it would be a huge pain in the you know what but maybe you need to re do the test and start by tying each knot to the hook (which would start it's stroke from all the way wound in) then crimp every individual test separately to try to minimise discrepancies in line length..
It may give slightly different results, who knows.
I'll follow to see the results.👍