Knot Wars

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Personally I have never had a problem with the Palomar on Flouro, Mono or Braid. I tie the same knot on my FNF 3-way set up and that is Braid to swivel, Flouro to swivel and Flouro to jig and NEVER had one single knot problem. I rarely use Mono because I don't fish topwater that much but when I did, still never had a problem with the Palomar knot. I thin it is the way you tie the knot, you have to make sure it is MOIST when cinching down, I don't cinch too fast as to make more heat build up in the knot plus make sure it is on top of the eye of the jig an not down around the bottomof the eye of the jig when cinching down.

I agree with the MAN. Palomar is my go to knot when ever I can use it. Never had a problem with it. Only restrictions are when the lure is TOO LARGE to pass through the loop, or to large to pass through the eye of a small FF midge.

But that is not to say an old man can't learn new tricks, ref: my questions on\ the Fly Fishing Board, http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showthread.php?t=84569
That Pitzen knot looks interesting and I'll be testing it out on my flies.