Check out the link below :
It's a link to the website of the TV Show "North Amercian Fisherman". Every week for the best several weeks they have had a segment called "Knot Wars". The put 2 knots to the test to see which is better, they test it on Mono, Braid and Carbon. They choose a winner and that knot advances to another round...sort of like a knot tournament. The site has some good info on a bunch of knots and they have videos on how to tie the knot.
http://www.fishingclub.com/ExtraCont...aspx?id=132344
The Palomar knot won the 2008 Season contest. However, it was beaten in the final challenge of the 2009 season by the "Fish N Fool" knot...and it works well with carbon. Here's the link to the challenge and how to tie the Fish-N-Fool Knot:
http://www.fishingclub.com/ExtraCont...aspx?id=148176
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