What knot do you tie in your anchor line?

Wingman · Postby **Wingman** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 11:18 pm

I have used the two-half hitches forever..you know the old tent knot. But I lose 8-10 anchors a year and am looking for a better knot. I have tied my newest 2 dozen dekes with the fisherman's knot, followed by a two-half hitch. I am using the tarred seine twine. Anybody have a fail-safe knot that will stand the test of time?

Wingman

MALLARDBUSTER · Postby **MALLARDBUSTER** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 11:36 pm

TRY USING THE AVERY LINE WITH THE CORD CRIMPS, IT'S WORKED GOOD FOR ME, HAVEN'T LOST ONE IN 2 YEARS.

chance · Postby **chance** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 6:56 am

Square knot. It never fails. The tarred line will hold knots really good.

jebster · Postby **jebster** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 7:56 am

The first thing I ever learned as a Cub scout was how to tie a square knot. With the exception of monofilament line, the square knot is still hard to beat.

The Avery crimp system works well but requires the "tangle-free" type line which beavers and nutria love to cut !!

Wildfowler · Postby **Wildfowler** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 8:58 am

I tie a bowline on my line, I've never lost an ancor.

spent21 · Postby **spent21** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 10:18 am

do two half-hitches make a whole? [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

bluwtr · Postby **bluwtr** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 11:34 am

Bowline on both ends. No matter how hard you tighten the knot you can still get it undone. Also easy to tie. I believe that the square knot will slip if it doesn't have pressure on it. Hope this helps.

Wes

Anatidae · Postby **Anatidae** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 1:04 pm

Yeah, but rabbits don't live in trees unless they're lying on the ground. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] How 'bout a squirrel? Will that work?

mottlet · Postby **mottlet** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 1:06 pm

nothing does it better than a bowline

mottlet

Super-X · Postby **Super-X** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 2:22 pm

Anatidae, I don't think Wingman said the rabbit came out of a hole in the tree, just that he ran around it. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

Postby **GulfCoast** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 2:50 pm

It wastes a lot of line, but I use a palomar knot. It is the strongest knot I have ever seen, but you have to cut it to get it undone.

TN Duck Daddy · Postby **TN Duck Daddy** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 3:02 pm

Bowline works best for me.

And "If you can't tie knots, tie lots".

baldduck · Postby **baldduck** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 4:06 pm

GC, Thanks for the post I never thought about that one. I switched to that knot for fishing hooks/lures about three years ago. You can tie that one in the dark. baldduck

Wingman · Postby **Wingman** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 5:59 pm

Anat..you cornball. The rabbit comes out of the hole (IN THE GROUND) around the tree and back in the hole. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] That's the way they taught us to remember it in Scouts.
POLL: How many of you expert knotmen were Scouts? Eagle in 1990 for me.

GC, what's a palomar knot?

Wingman

go24 · Postby **go24** » Tue Dec 04, 2001 6:24 pm

Real fishermen know what a polamar is !

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