Should you ever untie a knot?
Should you ever be able to untie a knot after you’ve
tied it??
One viewer wrote in with this question:
“What is a simple knot that can be used to tie terminal
tackle lures etc to your line without much reduction in
line strength and can be tied and untied to avoid
constantly having to cut off current tackle in order to tie
on anther lure?”
First of all, I want to start by saying that if your knot
can be untied, then it wasn’t a good knot to begin with.
Your knot should be so tight that even a great white
shark can’t get that sucker to slip. Otherwise you risk
losing all the fish you hook and your tackle to boot.
However I understand your desire to not have to
constantly be re-spooling your reel and to save some
dough by not wasting your line.
So I’ve come up with some solutions to this
dilemma that don’t involve untying your beautiful,
strong, perfect little knot (who has the fingers or the
patience to even do that with such a tiny line anyway?)
Here’s to good fishing!
Pete Nalleweg
http://www.bestfishingknots.com/fullcourse.html