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This is for my son’s science project at school and he needs as many responses as he can get for the survey portion of the project.

List the four most common fishing knots used for copolymer/monofilament fishing line?

Thanks for the help...

I only know 4 knots so here goes:

Palomar (Used almost exclusively now except when I tie braid)
Double Cinch (or it might be clinch)
San Diego (Rarely used, but I know its a pretty good knot)
Surgeon's Knot (Check I tie 2 lines together)

I use:

1. Palomar knot
2. Improved cinch knot
3. Uni-to-uni (for joining two lines)

Another popular knot (that I don't use) is the Trilene knot

the four that i use for most everything

1. palomar
2. san diego
3. blood knot
4. improved clinch knot

Uni
Palomar
San Diego
Clinch (improved)

Palomar
Trilene,Clinch
and Uni to Uni

1. variation of the Crawford figure 8

2. Palomar

3. Uni knot

4. Clinch

1. Palomar
2. Improved Clinch
3. Rapala Loop
4. Uni to Uni

San Diego jam Knot

Clinch Knot

Pallomar
Improved Clinch
Blood
Arbor

palomar, san diego, blood knot and trilene knot

Awesome science project!

1) Trilene Knot

2) Improved Clinch

3) Uni knot (joining lines)

4) Berkley braid knot

Make sure to have your kid do some advanced statistical analysis, two-tailed t-test or analysis of variance

sandiego
palomar
uni-to-uni
i cant even think of a 4th i use

Polomar, uni, clinch and rapala knots are the four I use all of the time. Bill K

are you asking what we think are the 4 most common knots, or the 4 common knots that we use?

I only use 3:

palomar
tony pena
trilene

I also only mainly use only 3:

Improved Clinch (mono
Berkeley Braid knot (7 turns for braid 4 turns for floro)
Tony Pena (joining two lines together)

The only other knot I use is a polomar when I tie on a drop shot hook.

Palomar
Trilene
Albright (for joining different size lines)
Uni and Uni to Uni

None of you guys use the Snell knot?

I use the snell knot on hooks that I use for punching..

mac

I use these

1: Quick Knot(half a San Diego), only name I know it by for flouro
2: San Diego for braid
3: Alberto-I was using a uni/uni than a Stren knot for my braid to mono. This knot is way better.
4:Snell for Senko's on octopus hooks and punching.

Good point,
I use the Snell alot!, just didn't think about it! Considering I've used it for every sweetbeaver I've fished in the past 3 years.....

Thanks for all of the replies. I’ll post the results after the project is completed.

uni knot for lures and jigs
improved clinch
palomar knot
blood knot

check out North American Fishermen and thier knot wars.
You will find it interesting.
Clinch and Uni to uni