stop knots ???????????

Member Joined: Jan 17, 2007 Posts: 36 Location: essex

having been reading on a few sites i gather i need to use power gum to tie a stop knot
what is the best breaking strain to use or is the a certain one for stop knot

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:10 pm

I basically use a grinner knot for a stop knot big grin

Cheers
mrix

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:49 pm

There isnt really a best one i have found, tho the powergum with a lower diameter is better to be used on smaller diameter main lines. As the larger diameter power gum wont tighten down properly on a small diameter main line...

Guest

I've never got on with powergum. I use crimps and beads. If you want a crimp you can slide, try the copper crimps from Veals.

Guest

Depends what your using a stopknot for - for floatfishing with a sliding float I use normal mono, as soft a brand as I can find. For baitstops I don't use mono at all and generally use the smallest freshwater ledger stop available.....much better than crimps and mono and can be adjusted to suit the bait size.

Member Joined: Jan 17, 2007 Posts: 36 Location: essex

i was looking to use them for bait stop just thought they might slide alittle easier the the ledger stops i ve been using

Guest

For bait stops I use 2 sequins with a bead and a softly squeezed crimp, so it is easily adjustable. The reason I use 2 sequins is that it is not unusul to lose one of them.

Guest

Or if you really must, use a course fishing lead split shot.

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booboo, try sliding a short length of silicon tube on the hooklength first and then tie your stopknot over the top of it, that way it will slide and the stopknot won't damage the line. It's a bit fiddley to do but you get the hang of it after a few goes. I use this method for stopping my float when I'm using light line.

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Good idea that. I'll be trying that. happy

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Even in my mentally decaying state, I still have the odd good idea :lol:

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As long as you're only decaying mentally and nowhere else you'll be fine. :lol:

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I'm hopeful that the littlun wasn't the last live round in the magazine :lol:

Member Joined: Jan 17, 2007 Posts: 36 Location: essex

cheers guys some more ideas to try there

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blakdog wrote:

I'm hopeful that the littlun wasn't the last live round in the magazine :lol:

:lol: