Another 100% braid to fluoro connection?Here’s some of what you wrote, and variations of these statements are seen in all explanations I’ve read as to why 100% knots don’t exist. I have always struggled with knots and have lost my fair share of lures at the hook because of a bad knot.Finally I realized that my knots didn’t fail for once with something big on the line. I don’t know the psi rating but I’ve tied +100% in 20 and 40lb test mono. I’m wondering if you have tried this and what the results may have been.Overall, the biggest problem you and/or the line companies face is that a vast majority of anglers think that their Palomar knots, Miller knots, etc. I’ll be happy to help you build awareness for your venture.Braided line has quickly become an extremely popular choice for inshore anglers because it allows for longer casts and better feel of lures given that its strength to diameter ratio is so much higher than mono/fluoro lines.Here are the top mono-to-mono knots that I have tested:Also when once you have a dropper do you think that it would be stronger to tie a hook onto it with the palamot knot or just putting the hook through the loop and back onto itself like in the video.Both of these knots worked for us, but I wonder how they would fare in your tests.Note: The end result would be a T knot with the top and bottom of the T being longer than the coils from the dropper loop that shoot out perpendicular to the mainline.What about the Red Philips knot for braid to fluro?Thanks for the kind words Alastair! It has 15% greater strength than the Palomar knot and best suits the Berkley NanoFil lines. And if you’d like a shortcut, this page shows the results from my testing below to help guide you to the best knots from my many tests done so far.Do you want to know something that might shock you about fishing knots?I have not yet tried the TN knot.
Would you be able to compare this knot to some of the others like the Palomar and Trilene Knots? Easy to tie , very strong, dose in my belief everything from line joining to tackle construction.I’d love to see a comparison between the FG and the RP knot.I would like to see the worlds fair knot included, especially for braid lineSomething has always bothered me about the Uni Knot. It is typically used to tie heavy iron jigs by anglers and can be tied easily even though it looks complicated at first.. Berkley Braid Knot vs. Palomar. Keep in mind that in a +100% knot, pressure can’t even get inside the knot, as if it could, then the line in the knot would get damaged leading to knot failure.