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What have you found as the strongest knot for 30-40 lb braided line without a leader? Ive read alot about the "Berkley braid knot" but I have never used it...Ive always used the standard uni knot but ive lost a few lures to larger stripers...im sorta new to the braid game soooooo any advice is great...

Palomar knot. Wet it before snugging it.

I've never had a Clinch knot fail on braid, and it's the only knot that I'll tie cause it's so simple!

ok great. I thought there was some special confusing knot to tie for braid....thanks guys..

I used to use the uni-knot but it would sometimes slip. It may have been user error but once I switched to the palomar knot I never had any more issues.

A trick to insure that the knot will not slop is to apply a drop of super glue onto the knot.

2nd the palomar knot with wet line.. i prefer to double it through the hook eye as well.

Just make sure to leave like a 1/2" tag end on the line because braided line does slip!

Palomar

Another Palomar fan here...probably because it is so easy to tie and works. It is getting harder to see the line to tie some knots!

Palomar. Looks like its unanimous so far.

I'm using the uni but I go through the eye or split ring twice instead of once. That variation made the knot the overall winner in Knot Wars couple of years ago. AFIK, still the king of knot wars.

Double Palomar....



Which is making a wrap around the hook eye before doubling the line.

Isn't the Berkley Braid Knot nothing more than just a double lined Trilene Knot?

I personally tie a variation of a Trilene Knot. When I'm lazy and looking for a quick knot, the palomar knot gets used.

Peacheater81 wrote:Double Palomar....



Which is making a wrap around the hook eye before doubling the line.

That is actually not the double palomar. On the double palomar, you simply tie 2 overhand knots, instead of one, with the double line before you pass the loop over the hook....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bBugWIzHw

I use the Holmes braid knot.