When we are on these trips, it gives us a chance to try out different techniques and products. My two new pet peeves have been the non-slip loop knot and the connection between mono filament to fluorocarbon. Also, we put the screws to Blackwater Shock leader(their saltwater fluorocarbon) to find out exactly how far we could push it. Since we all like to hear about new products or how things withstand true punishment let me approach the latter first.
Last updated ( Saturday, 16 August 2008 09:29 )
Read more...Why can we all tie the same knot but have different breaking strengths? I heard quite a few people at the show say they got a bad piece of line, or it all depends on where you get the line from the spool. This has some truth to it but not very much. Different spots in the spool will produce very small changes in breaking strength with all things being equal. So where does that leave us? I say it points to the actually tying of the knot and better yet the cinching of the knot.
Last updated ( Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:16 )
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