Flip Pallot's Snell Knot VS. My Nail Knot - Which is Better? - ACTUAL TEST RESULTS

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  @stevephilbrick1237 · 9 months ago

  (21.5 - 16.75) / 16.75 = 28.36% difference in the strength of the two knots. That's not a small difference. However, in order to thoroughly compare the two knots, you would have to run quite a few more trials...particularly due to the fact that it nearly impossible to tie the very same knot with absolute consistency. We leave that to the machines/robots. PS) I use the very same Tie Fast Knot Tying tool that you used for your knot, and I tie it exactly the same way. I'm 100% a freshwater fisherman, but your advice about saltwater use is spot on. Thanks for the video.

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  @thomasnorthrup9990 · 2 years ago

  Love my Tie Fast Knot Tyer, it's probably 30yrs old now, been tying my trout fly line this way as long, great video.

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  @FishyMatt415 · 9 months ago

  Thanks for the video! &nbsp;I&apos;ve often thought the same thing (same finished product, different technique to get there) but this did a nice job at proving it.<br><br>Two quick thoughts:<br>1. &nbsp;Either knot gets stronger (although harder to fully seat properly) with more wraps. &nbsp;Without good pliers (on both ends) I struggle to properly seat more than 10 or so turns. &nbsp;The fly line often gets an &apos;S&apos; shape with more turns which creates more friction.<br>2. &nbsp;I haven&apos;t tested the way you did, but I suspect that hitting either knot with a bit of UV resin would strengthen it slightly. &nbsp;It definitely can make the knot go through the guides easier. &nbsp;Done carefully, it&apos;ll also prevent your fly line core from soaking up water (less of an issue on most tropical lines than cold water lines).<br><br>If you have the tool, the nail knot approach is probably faster. &nbsp;That said, I once tied a snell using the ear piece of some Ray Ban Aviators when a loop broke out on the water and without a nail knot tool or a bodkin. &nbsp;Knowing both has its place.....

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  @martinlewis1015 · 1 year ago

  I have for years used micro loops to join line and no issues with turn over

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  @dandybiology · 2 years ago

  Great explanation, great demonstration, and fantastic practicality.

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  @robinmanning534 · 1 year ago

  I’ve tried Flips method,watched his video many times and have come to the same conclusion as yourself, it’s a nail tied in a very convoluted way.

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  @robertheal261 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m with ya, there.

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  @wildmanofthewynooch7028 · 8 months ago

  they are the same knot it is just using a difrent way to tie them each to their own I like the nail knot.

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  @terryhopson5220 · 3 months ago

  That&apos;s why the needle nail knot adds a degree of safety

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  @Eli25M · 8 days ago

  Threat the mono through the core &nbsp;of the fly line using a needle. Go about 2 inches and poke it out the side of the fly line. Then tie a uni kno clamping down on the part of the fly line with the mono inside the core. &nbsp;2 dabs of UV resin to seal. The flyline will break before the knot does

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  @ClassicCarz · 1 year ago

  Have to agree, I came on looking for an explanation because I felt the same, obviously a snell differs when on a hook, but outside of that I see it as a nail knot. Thanks for the clip !

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  @KEITHPARRIS2949 · 1 year ago

  2 things , 1 is that you are basing your breaking pointon both on the line to ine s , I think you will find that for tarpon or other big fish work the mono would would be thicker giving a different criteria to measure the reaking strength of the knot , 2 neither of those knots are actually nail knots as far as I am aware as a true nail knot I believe has the mono exiting the fly line through the centre at what would be the core , giving a totally central pull point , that is how we used to tie them when I worked in the trade in the eighties , the snell knot was originally used as far as I am aware for tying non eyed hooks , as in salmon irons as they were called . I stand to be corrected but that is what I was taught and still use today .something to chew over anyway , lol .

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