![]() ![]() With the Trilene, use 5 wraps for lines with break strengths of 10 pounds or less. Wrapping makes a difference in how a knot performs. It saves you from having to tie on new leaders in the field. The typical Trilene trim is 3 or 4 inches. Many anglers trim over a foot of line each time they tie a Palomar. And it wastes less terminal line, which is a factor when you’re using a fluorocarbon leader at the end of a braid or a fused superline (like Berkley NanoFil or FireLine Ultra 8). I find the Trilene faster and easier to tie. I use the Trilene knot except when doing knot connections for drop-shot rigging, where the Palomar is superior at making a hook stand out perpendicular to the line. Of course, Berkley has also run tens of thousands of tests with even more sophisticated machines in their Spirit Lake facility, with results that back my points here. Then they were shown how to tie the Trilene knot, which subsequently would test as I said-so, knot novice into the booth, knot pro out. Anglers would tie their favorite knot and could see how it performed, as tested by the machine. During the sportshow season, Berkley provided line-testing machines in their booths set up across North America. Much of the fishing world was at one point better-schooled in which knots work best. My experience with these knots is a matter of testing with machines that determine tensile strength my discussions with engineers working in the line facility at the Berkley Lab in Spirit Lake, Iowa and extensive field experience, having used these knots for more than 30 years. This is much better than other easy-to-tie knots like the improved clinch. Tied correctly they both provide knot strength of around 95 percent of line break strength. The two simplest and strongest line-to-snap, line-to-split ring, or line-to-lure knots for monofilament and fluorocarbon are the Palomar and the Trilene (also called the double-loop clinch knot).
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