This is a line-to-hook knot I found on Instagram from an account called fishing minutes, a connection with no real name that the post just calls a knotting method. On How 2 Tuesday I tie the knots people post online and actually test them on a scale. I tied this one with 15 pound fluorocarbon straight to the hook, fully expecting it to be weak, and it became the first Instagram knot I have tested at over 100 percent. In this audio episode I break down how it tied and what it tested. Press play above.
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It is a line-to-hook knot I found on an Instagram account called fishing minutes. The post does not even give it a name, it just calls it a knotting method, and it had about 245,000 plays. I tied it exactly the way the video showed, with 15 pound fluorocarbon directly to the hook, and it tested at over 100 percent, the first Instagram knot I have ever had do that.
I tied it with 15 pound fluorocarbon straight to the hook and it tested at over 15 pounds, which is over 100 percent. The most telling part is that it did not break in the knot at all, it broke up in the line. When the knot is stronger than the line itself, that is exactly what you want, and it is very impressive for a connection I found on Instagram.
You go through the eye of the hook twice, then wrap up the line a bit like a uni knot but slightly different, and then cinch it down. That double pass through the eye is the key feature. I tied it exactly the way fishing minutes showed it on their video, and I walk through how it came together in the episode.
Because the knot is stronger than the 15 pound fluorocarbon it is tied with. When you pull a connection to failure and it lets go up in the line rather than at the knot, it means the knot is not your weak point. That is the gold standard, and it is why I gave this one an A plus.
Yes. Of all the line-to-hook knots I have tested off Instagram, I honestly thought this one would not be very good, and it turned out to be the opposite. It tested over 100 percent and broke in the line, so I gave it an A plus. It is a very good knot to tie directly to your hook.
The original is on the Instagram account fishing minutes, where the post simply labels it a knotting method. On my end this is an audio episode, so press play in the player above to hear exactly how I tied it and what it tested at.
Most knot videos on Instagram show you the tie very well and then tell you it is a very strong knot or a 99 percent knot. There is only one way to actually know, and that is to put it on the testing machine and pull it. Some come out great and some come out terrible. This one from fishing minutes is one I brought to the bench. I explain my process in the episode.
It is a line-to-hook knot, so I tied it directly to the hook with 15 pound fluorocarbon, exactly the way the fishing minutes video showed it. The key move is that you go through the eye of the hook twice and then wrap up like a uni knot, but slightly different. Honestly, of all the knots I have seen, I thought this one was not going to be very good. I tell you how it came together in the episode, so press play in the player above.
It tested at over 15 pounds, which is over 100 percent, and here is the part that got me: it did not break in the knot at all. It broke up in the line. When the knot is stronger than the line, you have found a keeper. That is why I gave this one an A plus. I break it all down in the episode.
This is the first Instagram knot I have tested that broke over 100 percent, and it came from a post that does not even have a name for it. It just goes to show you have to test these things, because the one I expected to fail turned out to be excellent.
If you tie directly to your hook, this one is worth trying. Press play above to hear exactly how I tied it and what it tested at.
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