The Snell Knot - Tie it! Test it!!

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The Snell Knot is a popular fishing knot used to attach a fishing hook to a fishing line, particularly when using bait for bottom fishing or targeting species with a sharp downward pull. The Snell, while not the strongest knot I’ve tested, it has other attributes that make it desirable for some anglers. It's known for its effectiveness in keeping the hook in optimal position for hook sets.
This is not the only way to tie a Snell Knot. In fact, I have tested at least 3 other ways to tie a snell on this channel.
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@MrTerminator911 5 месяцев назад

93% is a pretty good percentage for a very simple knot

@dirrtydave 4 месяца назад

Not even that simple anyway

@Nobody04200 4 месяца назад

LMAO that's a pretty basic knot@@dirrtydave

@tPeazyy 4 месяца назад

Palomar is easier and stronger. Next stronger knot is the San Diego jamb which isn't as easy as either the Snell or Palomar

@KuhelmiHarun 4 месяца назад

@@dirrtydavedon't fish😂

@tasteless_5915 4 месяца назад

@@tPeazyy neither the palomar or san d. jam are as reliable as the trilene. may be stronger but the trilene will always be more reliable

@richs4878 4 месяца назад

Uni, Palomar, Improved Clinch, Snell…you’ll find people who’ve used each for 30-40 years and swear by them. I use all four. They work.

@jeremiahurban2457 4 месяца назад

I use UNI for braided line cus it stays tied and mono I use the palomar

@josiahbuck2562 4 месяца назад

Trilene is my favorite knot to tie. I’ve been using that knot for the past 10 years.

@RTL_1984 4 месяца назад

Uni is the best I swear by it for life I’ve never lost a fight with a fish because the line snapped

@user-uh5dg3ne4b 4 месяца назад

😊

@Bigfish1day 4 месяца назад

Snell, Palomar and Uni here. Never failed.

@dennisbell2583 4 месяца назад

My dad did this knot and he passed away so I could never ask him how he did it! But this is it! Thank you so much, this means a lot as its the anniversary of his passing!

@NikoliFerra 3 месяца назад

Sorry for your loss. Wishing you many fish with the snell.

@scubaandmore4798 3 месяца назад

Sorry for your loss, too! He's probably fishing in heaven right now, with constant record breakers :)

@breakevensiren1310 3 месяца назад

Sorry for your loss! Wishing him many fishing years in heaven and I hope you are doing well with many fish on the hook

@magicmeow8670 2 месяца назад

rip

@LewdSilhouettes 2 месяца назад

Gotta be a good quality hook. Otherwise that knot is useless.

@zeekary 4 месяца назад

I use snell knot for my circle hooks to keep them straight, different knots for different applications.

@douganderson5504 4 месяца назад

Different strokes for different folks. I use my left hand sometimes.

@zeekary 4 месяца назад

@@douganderson5504 If you sit on your left hand until it goes numb, it’s like a clumsy stranger.

@jt_d3xt3r57 3 месяца назад

@@zeekary 😭☠️

@lach8960 3 месяца назад

@@zeekaryI diedb

@bobgolden939 3 месяца назад

@zeekary if you soak it in chili powder, it's like a quick jaunt to Tijuana and back for a roadie.

@leifnilsen6107 4 месяца назад

It wasn't designed to be the strongest. It was the way it makes the hook respond when a fish strikes the bait . The hook when a fish strikes curves into the fish mouth setting the hook better. The snell Knot is still very good knot for strength

@Concerned-Nihilist 2 месяца назад

The circle hook does that regardless of the knot you tie.

@VioletTaylor173 2 месяца назад

@@Concerned-Nihilistwhat's its success rate without the knot and then added the knot and u just increased it further

@lestat2244685 6 месяцев назад

It's most common because the knot pulls the hook and sets it.

@zachary7710 4 месяца назад

What does the line pull when tied with other knots?

@Setsrfree 4 месяца назад

Unlike knots tied to the eye of the hook the snell goes through and to the shank. The force and tension on the line presses on the eye of the hook creating a small lever thus turning the hook inward and into the hook set. If tied incorrectly the snell can work in reverse and turn the hook backwards and away from the hook set.

@Smiththebat 4 месяца назад

I’ve never tied a snell but my uncle uses it exclusively and I’ve only heard good things about it online. I like that you can tie it without needing an eyelet! 🤙 this is a great teaching short

@stephenclegg8116 Месяц назад

I remember the moment my dad taught me the Uni Knot 50 years ago. I have taught it to many since, including mybown two boys. I appreciate it even more as I get older and my eyes aren't as sharp. Only once through the eye of the hook, and It can be tied totally by feel, no matter the light. If it has ever let me down, I'm sure it was my own fault!

@brycealthoff8092 4 месяца назад

My dad and grandpa always snelled their hooks when fishing with live bait. Especially on slip sinker rigs for walleye or catfish. It’s great when you want a more straight line connection.

@danielmolotov1802 2 месяца назад

93% ain’t bad! And looks easier than a lot of knots out there.

@geoffarmstrong7927 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much, for your free pdf! I'm pleased to see that the uni knot which I use 100% of the time, is the strongest knot.

@tomrowlandpodcast 2 месяца назад

You are so welcome! Glad it is helpful

@chrisvanzandt5400 4 месяца назад

I like the uni knot. It's never failed me.

@jacobseraphin685 3 месяца назад

Thank you for teaching us, I use to be a boy scout and honestly I forgot some of my knots so this is helpful.

@Trohl- 4 месяца назад

Snell, uni, palomar are my usual go to knots

@Wyatt-ob9ml 13 дней назад

There several types of Snell knots, that one is one of the better.

@lornehargis2614 3 месяца назад

Nice and easy. This method would work great for small circle hooks. Thanks Tom

@michaelliebow735 4 месяца назад

I just like the snell knot. It is the most consistent knot I have ever tied. It also works very well from four pound test to 100lb. It also pulls the hook ideally for circle hooks and the like

@SnailHatan 4 месяца назад

There’s no such thing as a more consistent knot. If you tie a knot right, it’s always consistent. This is just the only one you tie properly

@xdivineHART Месяц назад

I use palomar because it's easy and many say it's the strongest. But snell just looks so good *chef's kiss*

@MsUltrafox Месяц назад

When I use braided wire I use the Palomar Knot. Easy and it works. Don't know how tough it is but I never had a break.

@nick1985fjb Месяц назад

Palamar knot is my go to, if im flippin/pitchin i use the snell knot.

@scottmckenna9164 14 дней назад

Let’s do this! Tie me down, bait me up! Catchin’ fish is my livin’ cup.

@kudalauthebat Месяц назад

ive already been using this knot and 1st time seeing the tutorial.

@911life5 4 месяца назад

I use a uni knot for everything from tying on lures, to leaders, to tying my line on the spool

@alexanderlevy158 2 месяца назад

It is the most efficient. Easy to remember and generally strong enough - of course there are other stronger ways to tie a hook.

@oraenor 2 месяца назад

Snells are the best for lining up the hook with the line, so it doesn’t matter if it’s not the strongest, it’s the one that will hook up the most.

@straycat1674 5 месяцев назад

This is how my grandfather taught me to tie my hooks.

@joltideak76 2 месяца назад

The Double Uni knot is the best!

@tomrowlandpodcast 2 месяца назад

Agreed! Tested it so many times and it is always one of the top knots

@djay6651 2 месяца назад

It's probably the first knot fishermen learn. It's easy, and for most, the only one they really need.

@donniedickerson8077 5 месяцев назад

I Snell ALL Bait hooks ,i like the knotless knot Too

@dvldgz6306 2 месяца назад

I snell using the uni knot. I use the uni for everything. Makes life easy.

@tomrowlandpodcast 2 месяца назад

Agreed! Uni is king

@dvldgz6306 2 месяца назад

@@tomrowlandpodcast I'm just lazy and don't want to practice knots. One knot for any scenario just saves my the headache and lets me fish more.

@TheVanillaGorilla913 Месяц назад

I use Palomar for everything. From lures to swim baits to catfish rigs. I very rarely lose terminal tackle

@Sharpeoutdoors 4 месяца назад

The best knot is the one ☝️ you tie properly. I love the snell for live/cut bait !

@trowwzers5057 4 месяца назад

I used snells to connect fake corn to when fishing for carp and use live shiners or bluegill for catfish

@davefisher7359 19 дней назад

I use the 5 turn grinner knot for all my knots best knot for what I do

@austink4712 3 месяца назад

As someone who does a lot of deep sea fishing, we use a really weird knot tha involves making a loop, twisting the cross a few times and pulling the bottom of the loop through. It essentially makes a standoff version of a freshwater drop shot rig with a 1lb weight

@Spc20061 3 месяца назад

This is the only one I know how to tie. Interested in the other ones! Would like to learn.

@natural_pavement 2 месяца назад

look up clinch and improved clinch/trilene knots. strong, simple, versatile and the hook stays straight.

@Isaidit247 7 дней назад

Braided Trilene knot works the best for me I’ve got hung up on big branches while using my ultra light rod and hook bends and the line doesn’t break

@THE-FISHERMAN-424 2 месяца назад

IAM WATCHING FROM AUSTRALIA TIGHT LINES EVERYONE 👌 😀 👍

@alanrixson4949 Месяц назад

Knotless knot easy and super strong

@tyhousefishing3541 2 месяца назад

Love this! Would like to see the Miller knot...!!

@robery4008 3 месяца назад

I have been tieing my knots like I do my shoelace. After 44 years it has never failed me. You don't need to be pretty with knots, do what works for you.

@trowwzers5057 4 месяца назад

I use snells to bait for carp My favorite knot by far is the palomar. I tie loop knots if I don’t have snap swivels. Trilene knots are a good quick knot

@rustbucket9318 4 месяца назад

Palomar is my go too. I like the double loop thru the eye of the hook. Where most mono and flouro breaks.

@brandon9491 4 месяца назад

Yea but it tends to really twist mono/fluoro when tightening. I know people say the uni knot isnt the best, but it’s honestly been great for me. And you can always loop it twice around the eye if you dont trust it. I always use a polomar with braid, though.

@markzuin 4 месяца назад

Palomar with mono and fluoro just self destroy itself by pulling, Palomar works fantastic but only with braid

@FastEddy1959 4 месяца назад

Try the double San Diego. It’s stronger and easier than either the clinch or uni. The Tuna knot is another winner… just a little bulky.

@k3iller831 Месяц назад

San Diego Jam for fluorocarbon. Alberto knot from braid to flouro leader.

@Semi-Automatic-Autizm 2 месяца назад

Uni for mono/ floro and polymar for braid plus double uni for connecting mono liter to braid

@ixpoison 2 месяца назад

this can be done by 95% of people though. at 93% strength, i see the simplicity as an absolute win

@dalekrasser1611 4 месяца назад

Palomar has never failed me and is super easy to tie

@iian_ 4 месяца назад

palomar is the strongest knot i do believe for such things

@spurita55assins75 2 месяца назад

The snell is what I was taught as a child and have allways used it

@UberAV 3 месяца назад

I always did the knot from the back if the Eagle Claw hooks packaging. I did a double loop through the eye, four twists around the line then through the double eye loop and up through the last twist loop around the line. Tighten and trim. I bent more hooks than I had knots break.

@teddyrva2779 Месяц назад

I like the knotless knot for my snells, but this looks nice, too.

@Bumblesnitch 2 месяца назад

I grew up using figure eights for all my hooks. Only ever had my line brake above the knot. I really only do small fishing with bass and bluegill sized fish tho.

@Genghis_John 5 месяцев назад

🎉🎉 I want to catch a fish that’ll break my 🪢 !!!

@Snookchaser007 4 месяца назад

Well technically if it broke your line you would not have caught it😂

@Therealpoliticalmuscle 4 месяца назад

“The Snell knot holds at 93%” *Straight braid has entered the chat*

@matt9822 2 месяца назад

Snell doesn't compare to Palomar, improved clinch, trilene knot ect... but when tying up bottom fishing rigs a snelled hook will present the bait better on a top and bottom or dropper rig, that's when to use the snell.

@zach88888 2 месяца назад

I'm not fisherman however that seems like quite interesting and useful data. Very cool.

@Goonamus 2 месяца назад

I’m a uni knot guy, love that knot

@dragonmasterlangeweg7625 2 месяца назад

The snell knot might not be the absolute strongest knot possible, but if i get something on the end of my line that's strong enough to break the line at the knot, it's probably a snapping turtle, or a catfish. If it's a snapper, im cutting the lone anyways, and if it's a catfish, I almost never have a landing net in my kayak, unless I'm specifically going for catfish, or pike instead of bluegills, perch, sunfish, and crappie, and if im specially fishing for pike, or catfish, I'm usually using 15 lb line, with a steel leader, and if i have a fish on the line that can break the line at the snap swivel, I'm doing something very wrong, or i have a fish large enough that it's dragging the kayak around.

@JohnDoe-zh8tj 3 месяца назад

Egg loop is a more sturdy knot, and it’s like a snell but with a few extra steps

@krypticviper1613 4 месяца назад

You know the feeling of “if I let go of this hook I’m stabbing myself” when tying hooks? well I can feel that watching this

@mineofitsown 3 месяца назад

I like snells or knotless knots to make hair rigs, that’s pretty much it. Any other thing I tie is a palomar knot. I have had no issues with it and typically even in some pretty nasty snags I’ve gotten my rig back. Unless I’m using a fairly light weight leader, but, that’s expected.

@redacted_redacted69 5 месяцев назад

Depending on the hooks you're using the snell makes for better hook up ratios. I don't know if I've heard it being used for its strength potential.

@andrewhernandez4822 5 месяцев назад

I always snell my live bait hooks because of the hook up ratio more so than strength. I use a uni knot tied over the hook shank, I'm interested to see the test on that vs. the way you've tied it here.

@brooksysdead 4 месяца назад

Anything with a bent shank i tie a snell so the line is straigjt off the eye. Also i tue a snell on my straight shank flippin hooks, with the line going through the back of the eye and out the front. When you set the hook, the line launches the point upwards and really helps improve hook to landed fish ratio.

@shiroyasha4995 3 месяца назад

the strongest way is the friends we made along the way

@fawwazqaisar99 2 месяца назад

I don’t understand why so many people kept on arguing about what’s the strongest knot is. I mean I use this knot wrap it around 4-5 times instead of 7 and manage to land Mekong Catfish weighing 30kg up to 50kg. The important part is choosing the correct line poundage and just use whatever knot that you are comfortable with.

@alyx8522 2 месяца назад

Any time my regular knot keeps slipping I resort to this, works every time

@stephenjustice6112 2 месяца назад

Well damn, I was invested. I was ready to see you pull on that thing.

@Juan-md4yq 3 месяца назад

Best knot is doing 4-5 overhand knots and with braid i recommend melting the tip as a sort of hook, this knot has never once failed me and ive been fishing for 10+ years(a 25kg line snapped and the knot was still attached)

@lukebilbao 4 месяца назад

I’ve used the palomar ever since a kid besides fly fishing knots.

@BigFlipz509 4 месяца назад

Been using that for a few years and wont go back besides egg loop for salmon and steelhead

@benbouman3245 3 месяца назад

It's directly in line with the hook. It's not about strength. it's about sensitivity.

@rickymaloy1103 4 месяца назад

I prefer clinch knot for 99 precent of the time the other is the double clinch knot I use for live bream for bait either never fails line may break but that knot ain't ❤

@eddieyang1373 4 месяца назад

Thats my style for ocean fishing the best tie knot!

@RevengeAvenger 3 месяца назад

Snell is good for setting hooks.

@TrapperAaron 3 месяца назад

Ive always used snell for limb lining and float lining. It tends to cause the hook to turn into the fishes lip. Sometimes itll even side snag a fish that just smacks it.

@theeclecticcollective8279 3 месяца назад

Came here to say this. I started snelling hooks years ago and I can’t count the number of times the hook “set itself” before I had time to.

@randyvfromtheperch 3 месяца назад

Palomar Knot FTW! .

@coachjluke4172 11 дней назад

Palomar was life... i like snell look..

@camden7488 4 месяца назад

I was taught the Bimini twist for sail fishing.....im not sure its breaking strength but I'm pretty sure it was high i think better than the snell. It is a good knot though, the snell. Its way easier to tie than the Bimini twist too.

@mistafishman 4 месяца назад

I usually only snell bent eye hooks. If I’m pre-rigging I’ll go for a Double Pitzen but on the water it’s usually a Palomar.

@shanehall5823 4 месяца назад

A lot of people use a snell knot with a flipping hook for bass due to the way it penetrates when setting the hook

@Nikolas_07821 4 месяца назад

The snell knot is usually used in a curved eye hooks 👍🏼

@jeffryburns2206 3 месяца назад

The times I snell I prefer straight eye, I could be way off but it seems like I hook up more often

@jessealvarez8893 4 месяца назад

Seems to be a pretty good knot regardless it's not the best knot.. I do use that knot here in Michigan for my walleye harnesses and it's been good for that..

@user-gu1wg4rk3f 4 месяца назад

Before you cut the extra line off tie a simple knot into it because that knot will never go thru the primary knot making it stronger

@christophersharp1884 2 месяца назад

I wonder if enough is left over to loop back with a safety knot if that would improve the strength?

@wolfsvision940 4 месяца назад

Snell is the straightest pull!!

@dominichix5728 3 месяца назад

Snell looks like a type of temporary whipping tied at the bitter end of a line to prevent unlaying & fraying. Bery easy.

@5isalivegaming72 3 месяца назад

The way the line is contacting the eye is more important than knot strength in this knot. When a fish hits and pulls the hook, the hook will pull sideways and ideally set itself in the fish. 93% is not terrible, i might have to try this more often haha.

@hotramen5952 2 месяца назад

thanks for the easy instructions.

@francisjoubert5126 2 месяца назад

Use tress to knot but tested in mono

@jennyjansen754 4 месяца назад

My grandfather taught me to snell hooks years ago. Didn't even use the hole. His hooks in the Netherlands didn't even have holes. Just a bump.

@grenmoyo3968 Месяц назад

A lot of fish are caught by every knot out there. I don't think the differences are that huge to make a difference one way or another. Just do the one you're comfortable with.

@nerdoutreachprogram5358 2 месяца назад

Palomar knot ftw.

@briananderson4552 2 месяца назад

93 % is good enough for me some of the knots in tree work are at 60% and used for life support

@andrewhulliberger1750 7 часов назад

Im pretty sure its not about being strong or not.. the snell helps with better hooksets, it pulls the hook down causing the point to go up like a lever!

@barry8458 4 месяца назад

There’s more ways to tie a snell but the key thing about snelling is not about its knot strength it’s about hook presentation for efficient hook penetration!