been fishing for 15 years and have exclusively used the improved clinched knot and it has never let me down!

I've watched several videos on knots and this is by far the best. Very good play by play, you made it simple with thick rope to show how its done and every step is caught perfectly on camera! Greatjob Flukemaster!

Came across this video a few days ago and it was a huge help. The rope you used showed how to tie the knots perfectly.

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mitchell

I can't even begin to tell you what a rare wonder of instruction you provide. This comes from an exceptionally intelligent 63 year old with what might be termed an extreme lifelong case of ADD. Some things, particularly the basics (along with certain assumed and usually omitted steps of knowledge) I have to ingest and digest like a chimp being shown how to peel a banana. What you spoke about in the (2nd?) beginners' video about instructors not realizing how their second nature knowledge is a hindrance in learning/teaching is a profound fundamental that most of the world ignores or is too dense to perceive. By the way, intended or not, you are entertaining. Thank you.

I’m 26 just got into fishing your videos are very detailed and helpful thanks

@Flukemaster

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jonathan

The Improved Albright knot will save me a lot of money with connecting mono backing to braid. Thank You!!!!

I'm 16 and just started getting obsessed with fishing, your videos are great thank you so much !

I tied the Improved Albright knot today for the first time. I was impressed on how easy this knot was. Thanks

Have been tying the Albright knot and was glad to now learn about the improved Albright knot. Have been tying the other knots correctly for years. Thanks and have been enjoying your very good instructional videos.

Thanks for posting this going to try to get my son to watch . Sometimes they will listen to others before listening to there parents. Thanks again

Hey Gene, just wanna say I'm a fan of your channel and as an inexperienced fisherman, I'm learning a lot from your vids... Keep em comin' P.s. I think its awesome that you respond to everyone's questions

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Edwin. I try to respond to everyone because if you guys take the time to comment then the least I can do is take the time to answer.

I've fished for 30 years without needing to know the trilene knot. I know there are other knots that people use but I chose four that a beginner needs to know.

I used the improved clinch all my life and within past 5 years changed to other knots depending on situation, every fisherman should know these knots.

That is a cool looking knot. I'm gonna have to try that.

Excellent Video!!! The use of big line for tying the Albright knot made it much simpler to see how it all works! Thank You for taking the time a couple of years ago to do this video!

@Flukemaster

8 жыл бұрын

+Jonas Hamrah Thanks Jonas.

You nailed it, Gene..... a lot of folks gripe about the Palomar with fluorocarbon, but the problem is they're not cinching with the tag end instead of the main line, and they don't wet the knot. I use the Palomar for everything and I've never had it fail.... even with braid.

Thanks for a very clear explanation and clear video. I have watched it several times to make sure I put them in my head.

@Flukemaster

9 жыл бұрын

constantino valmores Thanks

Loved watching the little one fishing!!! The Palomar knot is the knot that I use most, Rob actually prefers the snell knot on a hook, and a improved clinch knot and generally everything else. Thanks for sharing!!! . Merrie-Merrie

Thank you for your reply I figured out I wasn't putting enough twist in it so it didn't have enough friction and was slipping and also I was using a fluke technique you showed in another video and caught one 1st cast in a spot so thanks and keep up the great videos

So, the improved clinch knot is what I've been using all my life lol. I learned it from an old fisherman and he just called it a fishermans knot. It has served me well.

Yes it does.

Very helpful, I've used a basic clinch knot since I was a child but never seen the improved clinch, which I will definitely use from now on. I've also used something similar to the Palomar knot, but instead of passing the lure/ hook through the loop, I pass the tag end through the loop, wet the line, and cinch it down. My line of choice is Berkley IronSilk, which is a reinforced polymer monofilament.

The only thing I use a palomar for is a dropshot. But it's a great beginner knot. To this day it still amazes me how many people just don't know how to tie a good knot. Fishing or other wise.

I mainly use a leader in clear water. I'm not saying that you won't catch bass in clear water without a leader but for me it's a confidence thing.

Gene, i use Suffix 832 braid and have tried tying the FG knot numerous times and it still slips no matter how many times i wrap the braid. After watching this video, i tried the allbright knot, works like a charm! holds awesome! thanks for all your work, and holding on to some of these oldies!

Thanks Dustin. I love how some people think they know what's best for my kids. LOL. I wish they could have seen me throw him into the lake today. The look on his face was priceless. He worried more about his crocks floating away than getting back to the boat. It was great. He needed to cool off anyway.

I've used this when tieing to the cheqp mono backing I use on all my reels. Works fantastic!

@gfrancescon

10 жыл бұрын

Meaning, the Albright knot. To connect backing to main line

Ok thanks so pretty much it is a preference. I think I will use the improved clinch since I have been using just that for the past 4 years.

The improved clinch is the only knot ive ever used and its only broken once. I saw in one of your other vids that you were a boy scout leader or something, thats pretty cool, im a second class scout. Thanks for all your videos.

Thanks, I wanted to make sure I covered the four that anyone who is beginning should learn first.

It's a Revo SC. It was a special run of Revos made for Cabelas.

Awesome video! Love watching your videos and how things work! Thank you

Thanks for this video,I'm new to fishing and this helped me alot

@Flukemaster

9 жыл бұрын

Loreto Cotino I'm glad I could help

Thanks for sharing this video...its very helpful.

@Flukemaster

8 жыл бұрын

+Ray Mack's Kitchen and Grill Thank you Ray

@Flukemaster

8 жыл бұрын

+Ray Mack's Kitchen and Grill I'm on a diet right now so I can't watch you vids but I did subscribe. I'm a BBQ freak.

@krazlusgames1631

8 жыл бұрын

+Flukemaster Would you recommend a 3/0 Circle Sea Hook for catfishing ?

this video was full of a lot of information thanks!

Just keep em coming... and keep rockin' the "G" hat, bro.

I think the Improved Clinch is what I was taught as the "Trilene knot." Great marketing by putting on the back of the old mono-filament lines boxes.

@Flukemaster

8 жыл бұрын

+FirearmTutorials .com Yep

So awesome to see you out there with your son. Those were some of the best times I remember as a kid. Your videos are awesome, you're a great teacher keep it up. Btw the website is excellent!

Another great vid!! Informative, easy to follow and understand.

I own three of them. I wish I would have gotten a few more. I converted that one to a 5.3:1 and the gears only cost me 25 bucks. So for 85 total I have a toned down Wench.

great video man! way to show love to the sport by teaching beginners like me! very good video.

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks

thanks for the sharing your knowledge. really helped to get me started

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Appreciated!

Thanks man. In my videos I always try to include those details that are overlooked or forgotten. A lot of research goes into it sometimes but most of the time it's because I'm a library of useless knowledge.

again a great video just getting into fishing and learning so much thanks

So @flukemaster I just watched 10 videos on fg knots.. 30 mins or so trying to figure it out.. watched this video twice and had em done in seconds. Thanks for the videos my man!

Thanks for the video, really needed to learn some new knots to tie b/c been having problems with mine pulling out after a fish or two.

Very useful and clear instructions. :)

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I've been working with Boy Scouts for over 15 years and I can attest to that. It takes a village starting at around age 12 and gets harder from there. :)

Wet the knot good before you tighten it down. Make sure you are tying it correctly. It's the knot I tie 99% of the time and the only time I have breakage issues is if I don't retie at the beginning of the day.

Uni knot is all you need. I am testing the FG knot this year as well.

Hey man I have been watching your vids for a while and I love them keep them up your vids are awesome

I used that kind of loop knot until I learned a different one that I like better, which I don't know the name for it but on KZread you can find it by searching for "Canoeman Loop Knot - Best Fishing Knot " I find it easier to tie, much easier to teach to someone else, and it worked great for me all year last year.

I hope the bass tourneys come back to Oklahoma! I've learned a lot from ya!

Great video. Thank you

I don't handle the scheduling. I only guide for the company. You can also send them a message through the website.

Love your videos man. Keep it up!

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

thanks Josh

I also use the palomar for braid.

Thanks for using the contrasting background!

I use an Improved clinch 99% of the time and a palomar for a dropshot and braided line. Both knots have about the same breaking strength.

Thank you . So useful

Thanks

Excelent video !! Thanks !

Two thumbs up!

Palomar

I've never used the Mahin but I just watched a couple of videos on how to tie it and there are a couple of things that I don't like about it. The knot that you tie to the fluoro at the beginning and the safety knot you tie to the braid at the end. Those two knots along with the small tags that you have to leave would cause a lot of friction while going through the guides on your rod. This would shorten your cast significantly and cause knot failure.

great vid!

It is a great knot but I'd consider it an advanced fishing knot due to the difficulty of tying it.

The best knot and the easiest know is the slip knot it pretty amazing and a whole lo easier

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

A slip knot is fine for rope but if you get a big fish on mono or any other type of fishing line the knot will either fail or slip out.

Thank you very much you did help me a lot.

@Flukemaster

9 жыл бұрын

Tarig Osman You're welcome

Another really good knot is a UNI or AKA Grinner knot... It is the most versatile knot and can be used on everything...

@robertbrandywine

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Martin The Grinner is not the same thing as the Uni knot.

i use palomar knot for just about everything lol. except when tying line to line i use a uni of course. but i use palomar for just about everything else has NEVER failed me :D

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

Those are both good knots. I like the Alberto for line to line simply because it is very compact and I use micro guides.

@zomgAustinzomg

10 жыл бұрын

good point, I forgot about the micro guides. By the way how good are micro guides vs the usual run of the mill guides? I have never used em.

I show it in this video

Great very helpful

I always use the improved clinch knot

@mikewest712

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Abrams me too, since i was a kid. But my kids will learn the Palomar knot.

when tying a fluoro leader to a mono backing for a cranking set up (to save$), would you use an improved albright or the FG knot?

thanks alot very helpful.

The Improved Clinch

who cares about his kid with no life jacket.. his kid his choice.. this guy is a good dad and safe.. to all the people on hear complaining get over your selves and learn what the law is before you put your two since in... good info on here thank you for the vid

So it seems that if you tie that same knot, with a half hitch instead of hte improved clinch knot, the inlline half hitch will cinch down and the second halfhitch will tension up against the first and thats all needed. This variation of the knot is used alot in Bushcraft, (its basically canadian Jam knot backwards, and similar [but way easier] to the bowline.) Ive never considered it for fishing though, I think I will test it. Defintely would save time if its a viable knot, and still just as strong but simpler. (I know its an old video, but its still a good one.

Thanks! Now I see how I screwed up my clinch knot. . . .

like the vids man. helps me out alot. Thank You! Can you make more vids on how to rig different plastics and how to work them?

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

You bet I am. I've got a huge list of videos that cover soft plastics to go through. I just need to get the fish to play my game.

I fish mostly mono and use the improved clinch a lot. I have used the palomar now and then but I heard that the double palomar is better. So which should I tie? Also which has better strength improved clinch or palomar?

And the knot needs to be almost invisible. A story in it's self !

If I use a fluoro backing, and want to attach braid to the fluoro WITHOUT a leader (Frogging Rod). What is a good knot to use at the spool? All the knots I've seen, talk about using braid to a leader, I don't plan on doing this for frogging....but I can't find anything about joining the braid and mono AT THE SPOOL. What do you recommend? Albright Special?

Thanks Gene , thanks for all you are doing . I'm really into crappie fishing a lot of tips your sharing are good for both bass and crappie . I live close to ky lake if your up this way give me a shout . :) /~

@Flukemaster

9 жыл бұрын

Dandyd Mason Thanks. I'd love to get back up there one day.

Thanks!

Gene, do you ever use a "loop knot"? I've been practicing the knots you've demonstrated and this season plan to get away from using a swivel snap. Another video I watched for ocean kayak fishing shows a loop knot as the preferred type for lures. It supposedly gives the lure a better presentation. Your thoughts? Thanks.

Hey gene great vid. What setup were you using in this video?

the Red and the Black, couldn't help noticing.

So I ended up doing an accidental knot that I swore I saw on a video but can't remember what KZreadr or video: I started how you would start a palomar, by threading the line twice to make a loop. But then instead of doing the rest of the palomar, I instead did an improved clinch. So I took the tag end, wrapped it 5-6 times (which is harder with the two lines creating the loop on the other side of the eyehole), then put it through the original loop, and then proceeded to put it through the other loop I just created. It seems to work, but the line is so small I can't see how the knot looks. I have no idea whether it's legit or some other knot.

Is the rapala knot an ideal knot with fluorocarbon line or a co - polymer line? I ask this because the improve clinch knot is ideal for those lines.

just curious what kind of knot do you use to attach fluorocarbon to your lure? I only use 6lbs and 8lbs fluoro on my spinning reels. I gave up on using fluoro last year. too many times breaking off using palamor knot. no matter how much spit i used or slowly i cinched the knot i'd break off at the lure with in a few casts. I saw Shaw Grigsby tie a knot, the double San Diego knot, and damn it works good. I've only had one break off with fluoro since. Tried to pitch between two submerged bushes and was to far to the right. Shook the hell out of the branches before the line broke. Figured I'd try palamor again. Hooked a fish, had it close enough to see it was a big walleye and it broke off. >_< The swear jar would have put my kid through college.

what knot would be best used for nylon monofilament/compolmyer monofilament? Palomar? uni? or imporved Clinch? also been watching for a while love the edits

does the albright knot work good with mono and braid as well

loved your video ,my question is what type of knot do you use on a florocarbon line? i crappie fish and used a improved clinch knot and had a problem with the knot not holding or breaking when i hook a big fish. I changed to a mono line and problem went away. Also will it hurt if i use high visablility green line crappie fishing in lightly stainted water?

@Flukemaster

9 жыл бұрын

Dandyd Mason I use a very carefully tied Improved Clinch knot. And don't worry about the high vis line. I use yellow mono on all my crappie rods.

Should I use a leader when fishing a hollow body frog with 50 pound braid and if so what type of line what pound test and how long .. And also can you use braid with a leader for finese fishing I'd do what size ...I'm using a med action spinning rod Thanks for all the knowledge.

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

I tie my braid directly to the frog.

Very informative. I've been wondering about the improved clinch knot and now I know. I just recently started using braided line, before I was using Trilene XT monofilament. What is a good knot to connect those two lines? Also, I like your videos alot, unfortunately I only get to do bank fishing for now. Hoping to get to go out in a boat soon. I only have 3 rods, a 7' medium action(what it says on rod) Shakespeare, a 6' medium action Matzuo and a 6'6" medium power fast tapered action Lew's Carbon Speed Stick. All 3 are spinning rods. The 6' and 7' rods have 5.1:1 reels and my 6'6" has a 6.2:1 reel. What are the best tips you could give me for bank fishing these rods and the techniques and/or rigs to use? Thank you for all the helpful videos I've seen so far. Got alot more to watch.

@Flukemaster

7 жыл бұрын

You can fish just about anything on those rods so long as it's not heavier than 1/2 oz. A couple of good knots for you is the FG Knot and the Uni to Uni knot.

@withscars

7 жыл бұрын

Flukemaster thank you lots. I work at Bill Lewis Outdoors where we paint, eye, finish, hook, package and ship the Rat-L-Trap, Echo and the new Stutter Step in Alexandria, Louisiana. By the way Happy Belated Father's Day!

last knot is basically a becket bend with wrapping.

Thanks again for an awsome video is there something I haven't learned I think not haha

@Flukemaster

10 жыл бұрын

I'm sure there is because I'm still learning new things every day.