My brother and I grew up fishing. Our dad has been fishing bass tournaments as far back as we can remember. We went pre-fishing with him, fished tournaments with him and gained a ton of knowledge. We transformed that knowledge to our own strengths and different bodies of water. We call the California Delta our home now and have done very well in a numerous amount of tournament circuits, including the FLW series. We hope novice and advanced anglers alike can learn some new techniques and strategies from our videos.
Suggest you try the improved Palomar that's what I use for braid to luers I believe it is essentially impossible to accurately determine knot and line breaking strength using a inconsistent application of a non controlled force such as the one you use introduces far to many variables that are literally different every time you test and are impossible to consistently replicate each test Only way to even begin to achieve test consistency is by using a mechanical means to apply force that does it as close to the same every time as mechanically possible Such tools do exist I've seen people use them to do knot strength tests I do though recommend everyone do thier own knot strength tests I realize doing my own knot strength tests accomplished something very important but required I do at lest 30 tests with each knot Desbite exercising great care tying each knot Doing 30 tests per knot showed me I was at least 5% of the time making one or more errors when trying the knots that reduced thier breaking strength by a minimum of 60% to as much as 80% Doing 30 of the same knot at a single test session then testing them taught me exactly what a perfectly tied knot FEELS and yes SOUNDS like (as in it should make NO sound at all while cinching down) while cinching it tight , LOOKS like when complete I MY EXPERIENCE 85-90% of the knots I tested and then failed (by failed means the knot not the line failed at anything below 90% of line strength) absolutely both felt abnormal while I cinched them down and looked abnormal when complete or made some noise while I cinched it down without exception every knot that made a sound as I cinched it down failed miserably But what I found that made me eliminate a knot I had been using for 30 years was approximately 5% of the knots I tied that looked felt and sounded perfectly done failed miserably by either breaking at less than 50% of line strength or slipped and came undone My observations convinced me it was as I cinched the knot down I was either damaging the line or committing an error I admit it wasn't the knots fault it was mine but In my opinion the way you must tie this particular knot resulted in FOR ME introducing an unacceptably high inherent rate of failure I switched to a knot that cinched down in my opinion in a much more smooth and consistent manner vs my old favorite And 30 tests later none of my knots failed I repeated this test using both of the test lines I fish with 8lb, and 15lb and found again line broke before the knot 100% I also learned after tying over 100 knots under ideal controlled circumstances four things #1 I tie about 5% of my fishing knots incorrectly #2 it is absolutely unavoidable that You WILL tie fishing knots incorrectly #3 you absolutely MUST know precisely how a correctly tied knot feels looks and sounds so you can recognize when you tie one incorrectly #4 most important of all if absolutely anything looks feels or sounds abnormal about your knot cut it off and re tie or YOU WILL wish you had
i love this channel man also live in the bay area but have never gotten the chance to check out berryessa definitely will in the future after seeing this maybe chasing my first smallie
Years ago with my father and son on board, I caught an 11 pounder on a pop R. That lake sure is beautiful. It's nice you taking your uncle out fishing. And putting him on fish!
Just been getting out on the bank lately, working 6 days a week drains. Watched the John boat build video like 6 times now lol. Working on mine and putting a floor in it. Great vid as always!
I tried a frog for the first time the other week in the delta. The amount of anticipation you get, hopping from weed top to weed top was incredible. Didn't catch any on the frog but certainly hooked.
