Different Dropshot Knot?????????????

[crazychuy]

I remember earlier this year I got up early in the morning to watch BASSMASTER on T.V., this was before I caught up with the rest of the world and got satellite with a DVR, and saw Aaron Martens on T.V. talking about his knot that he uses to fish a Dropshot.

According to him, he does NOT use a palomar like most of us use. He says he uses a "Double Uni" knot instead of a palomar.

Does anybody know how this is done as a dropshot knot and/or has any helpful links or pictures on how this is tied?

I can't find it anywhere and am just curious on how he does it. I'm always interested on how people do things differently than the rest of the field and world.

Thanks and sorry for the long winded message.

CHUY

[Brian D.]

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php

http://www.netknots.com/html/fishing_knots.html

http://www.landbigfish.com/knots/default.cfm

[tunaman]

I've been using the Uni knot for my saltwater fishing (for anything under 50# test) for nearly 20 years, and it is quick, easy and reliable. I started using the double-Uni for dropshot after that episode first aired over a year ago, and at last year's US Open I had the good fortune of drawing Aaron for the third day - he was adamant about not using the Palomar, regardless of whether you experienced a failure or not. He said "you will", and it would probably be at the worst possible time. I haven't tied a Palomar since.

[crazychuy]

Thanks for the input. I've seen these sites before but wasn't sure if I'm misunderstanding. I know what a Uni-Knot is and I know what is a double Uni knot is.

But, how are you suppose to tie a "Double Uni knot" as a dropshot knot?

I thought it was only used to join two lines. I'm only tieing with one line.

Please explain..........................


Thanks,

CHUY

[tunaman]

I just sent a PM, but really the confusion is that there are two knots:

• Uni knot
  Double Uni knot

The knot you are referring to is really a "doubled" Uni knot, not to be confused with the Double Uni knot.

The doubled Uni knot is just that - the line is doubled before you tie the Uni knot.

The Double Uni knot is two Uni knots used to join two lines together.

Both are great knots and are my prime knots for fresh and saltwater applications. Hopefully my PM makes sense of it all for you?

Roger

[gcopple]

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php

http://www.netknots.com/html/fishing_knots.html

http://www.landbigfish.com/knots/default.cfm

if you go to the www.animatedknots.com it says that that knot is not very strong. also, when i tie it if you pull the tag end the knot slips up the main line. does this happen to anyone else? what happens if your dropshot sinker gets hung? your knot slides up and it burns your line. i like the knot but i just wouldn't feel comfortable with the possibility of my knot slipping. maybe i am doing wrong though.

george

[Kelly Ripa]

Aaron uses the San Diego Jamb knot to fish a dropshot. A dbl. Uni is for splicing lines together. When I fish dropshot I use 10 pound seagaur and 10 pound braid and use the dbl. uni for this application.

[crazychuy]

Thank you to everybody that posted. This really helped alot.

Thanks TunaMan for the help, too.

CHUY