I have to say that when I first started the video and saw the leather gloves and no scale, I doubted that I'd get much out of it. By the end, I think you body language showed a much better representation of the strength of the knots than any number on a scale could. Also seeing how the knots failed by slipping vs breaking reveals some useful information. And yeah I think I will be switching to that improved uni knot. Thanks for sharing this video

I like palomar and uni, Im gonna use the improved uni for sure next time 🎣

@hahac4043

3 жыл бұрын

Very hard to tighten the knot

Loop knot: 0:49 Clinch knot: 1:25 Improved clinch knot: 2:02 Uni knot: 2:46 Palomar knot: 342 Improved/double uni knot: 5:19

@ajcobraj

10 ай бұрын

3:42

Older video but just saw this. That's awesome! I grew up tying the clinch knot... the Polamar has been my go to lately. But honestly the improved Uni looks easier to tie. Looping your lure through the knot, like you do with the Polamar, is a pain in the ass when you're using bigger baits with multiple treble hooks. That's just my experience with it. Great video. Thank you!

Very cool test, the most practical I have seen, thanks !

Thanks for sharing this video.

Great video. Thank you for providing this information.

Wow! Excellent video, great information. I think the double uni will be my go to!👍

What a fantastic video, I loved it. In addition to a class for all of us.

Really helpful, got a lot of confidence after watching this.

Awesome video!

Thx for taking the time to do these, pretty awesome, looks like I won’t be using the palamor too often now.haha

thanks mate. very interesting. I'll use it from now on. 👍

I'm sold. Subscribed too. 👍👍

Nice nice nice….. cheers for taking the time to show us this vid…. that Uni knot is the way to go for sure , always have used it , but doubling up the line is now my go to knot…. thanks again … nice video easy to follow … sub’ed

I use the Palomar knot fishing for King Salmon in The Great Lakes area, Ontario, Canada. I use 30lb braid to a snap swivel for quick lure changes, and have never once had the knot fail. The line always breaks, usually from an abrasion above the knot. So I'll stick with the Palomar. But this is a great video, if I need something more heavy duty, I'll definitely try the double Uni. Thanks 👍👍

This is such a good video showing the strength test of the knots. You don’t need a scale. I’m using the palomar and wills see how easy the double uni is to tying different types of line; the Palomar is easy to tie.

Another advantage of the doubled uni is it’s bulk. Very abrasion resistant vs smaller knots (like the Palomar).

Excellent knowledge

Gonna have to try the double Uni sometime. I usually Snell when doing heavy work like mats and punching. Super fast and hasn’t slipped on me yet. It would be interesting to see a similar test done with the Snell and the Trilene knot.

Literally my favorite knot thanks for demonstrating is usefulness

Wow! That double uni-knot was impressive!! Gonna have to practice that one! I have always used the improved clinch knot(since the late 1980s), except I go thru the hook eye TWICE, then continue on, always doing 7 twists. And I NEVER trim my tag end right up by the knot, I always leave about a 1/4 inch. Those fish couldn't give a rat's a$$ about that tag end... I also ONLY use PowerPro braid on all my reels, spinning or baitcasting, scaling the pound test up or down depending on the situation. I have landed a 30lb northern pike on that knot.

@rcbearings1

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I have never had a knot failure when using the double through the eye..

Thanks for the 👍 nice information sir..

I got a very good pike got away because of my knot over the weekend. Great to see this video, I will start using Improved uni moving forward. Very informative. Earned a subscriber here.

I ordered this to net the algae in a large pond in our backyard. kzread.infoUgkxphFK7ETiDP5G4IGsNcg7vbASDp_YfDpI The net is very sturdy and easy to maneuver in the water. The angled edges make it easier to get into the smaller spaces among the rocks. I didn't realize that the front of the net doesn't actually have a frame to it, just the sides do, but it seems to work just fine. The handle extends to various sizes, which is a great feature when I'm in areas that are tight with shrubs at the edges of the pond. I can collapse the handle so it doesn't get stuck in the bushes.

The Double Uni Knot is the Best. SEEING is Believing. Thanks A Lot Brent. I just became a New Subscriber. 👍👍

I use a palomar knot every chance I get. Fast and reliable. You had me scared for a minute I didn't catch that you removed the hooks in the first test! Guy at the tackle shop showed me using a small piece of a broom handle to tighten your braid to leader knot. Wrap three times and no pressure on the line or your hand.

Would like to see you do this again with the San Diego Jam, Double San Diego Jam, and the Pinz It knot.

Thank you.

Before give to the Double or Improved Uni Knot the award winning, you should be tested the Double Palomar Knot, you will be amazed with the results too. Excellent video! Thanks!

It's funny how im also clenching my arms while watching your video. thanks for the video!

Kastpro is some good stuff.

I like the Palomor knot for its strength and simplicity. I think your arms had tired a bit, and that is why the improved uni won -- but interesting and entertaining video. Well done!

@ultimatejay

Жыл бұрын

Palomor knot sucks, uses too much line. I would rather use improved clinch knot.

@andreipetrescu603

9 ай бұрын

​@@ultimatejayYes,but with a safety knot at the end,because it still slips. Been there,done that,too many times. Better is uni,with theline 2 x trough the eye.

the improved uni knot is a paid actor!! great vid thanks for this

I've fished my entire life and recently started tying the uni knot i guess its time to double the line!

Awesome tests! Quick question..could you use the improved uni knot when joining braid to flouro leader? Thanks

Would like to see you do the knots when tying leader lines. Basically connecting say braid and fluoro

Clinch knots are not meant to be used with braid because it does slip. Mono and Fluro it actually works amazing and is one of the best.

Well done my friend

Hello Brent...greetings from Peru... l liked your test...it was simple and easily shows the results. Normally I use Palomar knots when I go for freshwater fishing, but I do improved uni knot (iuk) when I go for saltwater. After watching your video, I will change at all to use only iuk...definitively it was the strongest one. On the other hand, the knot I use to tie my FC leader to the braided mainline is the FG knot... From now on, I will use only FG and iuk. I will check out other of your vids...

Good vid UNI KNOT it is the best the last uni knot you tied it is my best and very strong👍👍👍 Thank you very much

@TheReaper88

3 жыл бұрын

Uni knot is clearly not the best lol. Palomar and double uni are. I'll stick with the Palomar because it's faster to tie

I use 65 # braid w/ a 130# flouro leader for musky, and always just used a clinch knot to connect the braid to the swivel of the leader. After seeing this, ill definitely be switching to the double uni.

@rider660r

2 жыл бұрын

For Musky? LOL That's as bad as bAssers"needing" over #20... Hell my Shark/Ray rods only have #70 braid and #100 leaders

@royalandrosey

2 жыл бұрын

I just caught a nice muskie on 14lb mono fishing for largemouth. Came back the next day and caught another muskie with 30lb braid and steel leader using live 6" perch

@michaelg8841

2 жыл бұрын

@@rider660r most of the time if bass anglers need more than 20 pounds is if they will get caught up in very heavy weeds

@rider660r

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelg8841 LOL Thanks for the rocket science lesson... I used to fish for bAss........as a teen then found much better fish to target all the time.They suck as eater fish,bland.Rock Bass were a lot better to catch and 1000% better eating and at 10-12-13" they were a lot more fun to catch too. Never used more than #20 and if I remember right it was actually #17 bAss fishing and my PB SM/LM were 24 and 24.5"...not sure which was which anymore because I quit targeting the stinking things over 35yrs ago. I don't use anything over #30 and I target Cats,Striper,Musky,Pike,etc. here at the local lake and river system.The state record Striper here is 53lb12oz and was caught from this lake.

Thank you sir

Thank You

Ok I'm subbed, I'm going to send this video to my fishing group chat, to both of them

Great deminstration ... thanks !

Nice demo, i use the improve uni knot to connect braid to mono but on the other side just the uni connect mono to braid on the other end.

More impressive... what a lure !!

When tying a clinch knot on small tippet, if you as much as pull on the tag end of the line, you just weakened the knot tremendously. If you even tie the clinch knot and try to cut the tag end of the line with dull nippers, you’ve just weakened the knot and when your line breaks you will have a curly on the end of the line. It’s critical to tie the clinch knot correctly!! Thanks, great content!

Two Tarpon talking - "Hey, look at that guys Uni-knot! Bet ya cant break it!" (Tarpon 2) "Hold my beer."

Great video! What is your best knot for Florcarbon?

I liked the video 👏 now I just need to redo the video explaining how to do it more closely, kkk or drawing explaining how to make this nol. congratulations 👏🎣🐟🎣

Improve double uni knot is tested and strongest.

This video was very informative! You look strong and did a lot of effort, and that thii didn't break!! Still, I am curious, is it possible for you to attach that to some sort of scale and try it out again? Thanks!

Clinch knot was developed for nylon lines 70 / 80 years ago. Still one of the best for hooks but not in braid.

Please test the Davy knot!

Did you test knots or your strength..? 👍🤝great footage, one year on, still showed knots are a must know..

Love the knot. But what is the name if the braid cutters? Love it and would like to get one.

30 years ago my grandpa taught me to tie the polymer knot, after tightening it down use the tag line to tie a clinch knot, it's the most amazing knot I have never lost a lure well except on bad snags then I end up having to cut the line

I only use uni knots if i can but i just learned about the double uni!!

I always used the normal uni knot with a little longer tag, but now the double is definitely what I’m gonna do next 💪🏼

@marvinmoore5712

Жыл бұрын

Put more turns in it I never brake off

@moseskongi4746

9 ай бұрын

*Interesting that a knot called a burke knot is tied exactly the same was as this improved uni knot. I guess some ngga named burke decided to "invent" a new knot and put his name on it.*

Hi nice review there...Can you do it on the mono and flouro so will see if the same result.because you only used braid?Thanks...

The knot I like best for pike and bass fishing is the double trilene you basically do two loops and then the same stuff you do for a normal trilene knot but what I like to do is go 17-20 times around the line the only thing is to make sure it don’t mess itself out but when it’s right I’m bending hooks out of trees and rocks although I do use 25 Ib test braid but it also works on 15 Ib braid

👍I use a san diego jam knot. or moded san diego jam knot two loops through the hook eyelet instead of one then tie like normal. 👍double uni looks good.

I’am a palomar knot guy simple and never lost a fish with the palomar!!

Hi can you make instructions video about doubled uni knot or improved double uni knot! Thanks

Good test. Have you tried this with monofilament and fluorocarbon lines.

For braid I'm gonna be using the double uni from now on it seems.

"As much as I like the Palomar know; and I'm still gonna tie it" works well enough for me.

@shanestraub2111

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I been using the same knot for years until my knot came undone 3 times in one day so now I’m using the modified uni knot and it’s way stronger for braid

@Ucannod

3 жыл бұрын

Would have liked to see the double palomar tested

@ARCSTREAMS

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ucannod double palomar? palomar is already double

@ARCSTREAMS

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanestraub2111 modified uni? you mean the improved or doubled uni like he shown in the vid?

@Ucannod

3 жыл бұрын

@@ARCSTREAMS see dean rojas style double. Double loop equals four strands through the eyelet. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6mbt8iln6Wwmso.html

Barring abrasion or some other weakening effect, a double line will always hold more. That is why we invented blocks and tackles with multiple turns.

Could you do a video on how to tie the improved uni knot?

You should do one of the double polomar and a triline knot

holy the motor on that little boat! what is that 600hp???!! awesome demonstartion on why the double uni rules.

Good test but most people don’t tie braid directly to the lure but usually mono or fluorocarbon instead. Probably make a difference in the test? I use the double uni knot for line connection

Double uni great and eady

The uni knot depends solely on turns to get friction. Not saying doubling the lines won't help, but doubling the amount of turns will probably get you a similar result. My local shops always says 10 turns minimum with any type of braid and 5 with mono. I usually go a few turns beyond that even as tying knots is not my forte. The one exception is if I'm making a paternoster tackle or something similar where I typically use 06-1.0 mm braid. That stuff is so thick that even with tools making a 5 turn knot properly can be a pain and the thickness of the lines means you get plenty of friction per turn anyway so it's not really needed.

Do a video on how you tied that double uni knot

When you double the knot on the uni knot does it double the hold to 130 pounds? since the pressure is hitting 2 lines

What are the cutters your using?

What is the knot where the lure is suspended and swung around the line? Also, Heddon deserves some props for making a very sturdy lure!!! Thank you for the video

The thing is most people use mono or flurocarbon for hook lengths so it's harder to do double knots. This would he good for braid to a swivel which is the most likely time when you would attach braid to something that isn't a leader.

👏👏👏👏🎣🐟

You should do your testing with a scale on one end when you pull so you know how much force they really take

For what it's worth, the (single) uni knot will beat the palomar on fluorocarbon and maybe even mono, but the palomar is great on braid because it cinches down very tightly.

I’ve never heard of the improved uni. Im going to only tie that for saltwater fishing now.

Try the regular Uni but start with a round turn attaching to the eye. This is sometimes called "The Fishing Fool". I'd like to see how that compares to your Double Uni.

double uni is good I use the quadrick myself

doesn't have anything to do with knot strength but what we're you using to cut that braid? I'm having a tough time finding something that stays sharp

Try a Double San Diego Jam knot in your test.

Awesome video, thanks for making. I was a Palomar guy for a long time until I changed over to the Uni pretty much exclusively this year. I felt it was just as strong, and it’s easier to snip when cutting off a lure. Perhaps I’ll look into the double uni....tbh the 3 tag-ends kinda threw me off in recent tries.

@ARCSTREAMS

3 жыл бұрын

yeah those 3 tags will not be too good on weeds but if they catch any you can rest assured so will the rest of your hook or lure ,perhaps this one is better for deep sea fishing and juts use the uni or the palomar for fresh water

Line through the eye twice on regular uni is also very good for any line. you ain't breaking it with braid. 6 wraps is all you need for braid. I have been finding the number of wraps matters a lot with the double line uni. I went down to 3 or 4 max with 12 to 20# fluoro.

@1adlouni

Жыл бұрын

So for 0.38 mm fluorcarbon how many wraps would you recommend? And how does the amount of wraps affect the fluorcarbon ? And overall strength

The only time I've ever had a uni knot slip on me was when I didn't cinch the knot tight enough and cut the tag end too short. It pulled right through.

Clinch knot and improved clinch knot work way better on non braided lines.. just throwing that out there. When using braid if you can always do a Palomar knot.

Great video, but I have to mention that Braided line is known to slip.

Just thinking logically... If the test of the palomar knot broke the line above the knot, and the double uni didn't break... Either there was a weak spot in the line or you got tired! 😁. If all things are equal... 65# braid breaks at 65# of pressure. I definitely liked seeing how the clinch knots performed though. Cool vid.

@mascatrails661

2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly. When he breaks the palomar that bit of line you see hanging off the tag end, not the failure point. It failed right at the choke point of the knot... Basically as he pulled harder, the knot cinched tighter on the main line creating a weak point where the pressure of the cinching basically cut the main line. Seems that the 'improved uni' or whatever you wanna call it can absorb the pressure better as pulling harder on the main line does not cinch down as strongly as it does with the palomar. So yes, the palomar broke at a weak spot on the line but it was one that was created by the structure of the knot acting as a sort of force multiplier on the cinching pressure.

you tied the clinch and improved clinch, but what about the double improved clinch?

would have liked you using a scale or something to meassure the strength. Some other videos show the improved clinch to be very strong. here I get the feeling the imp. uni could be better.

The line failure is the fisherman's fault, not the knot's fault. Knots should be tightened half way and allowed to relax before going full tight. The line can actually get pinched/crushed by itself if not allowed to relax. If the line slips through, it's the knot's fault.

Your arms are giving it a stronger pull than when fishing? clearly you've never gone after blue fin! Jkjk... had to poke fun at ya. this is a good video and it is valuable thank you very much

Great demonstration on knots but what about those nine whitetail I see in the background, that is a real distraction!