Best Knot For Casting through guides

[Keta]

Have you tried larger hooks?

   I think the largest we've used is 8/0. Good idea Lee...maybe next time out we'll go larger. 

P.S. Jeff...sorry bro...didn't mean to turn your knot discussion into a hook discussion...it just sorta blossomed. 

This is page 3, I think we can stray.

[MarkT]

I used 8/0 EC circles fishing for YT at Cedros with Mackeral for bait.  You can cast them just fine even with a knot going through the guides!

[Rivverrat]

   Yep...we're big on circles here too. And again Jeff is right, for some reason or another, circle hooks seem to miss a lot of Flathead catfish. Flats are the only fish I don't prefer circles on, but we're working on it, looking for a way to make it work. 

Have you tried larger hooks?

This is a Triple Threat Hook next to a Gamakatsu 8/0. They were sent to me to try out. Haven't tried them yet. I've forgot them 3 times but tomorrow or Wensday I'll be using them.
They are strong. Hooked one into a tree & pulled, jerked with over 30 lbs. of drag with 5 different ones. None broke & only one was a bit misshapen.

Same treatment & I believe at least one Gamakatsu would have snapped....No worries Mo...Jeff

[Rivverrat]

This Gamakatsu Big River Bait hook along with King Kahles is my favorite big Flatty hook.

Here in Kansas you can only fish 3 rods with a special permit. When using this hook I dont use it on all 3 rods. I use on the rod thats in my hands or lap. Had a few gut hooked fish with them.
A nice thing about these hooks is they don't seem to get fouled by the bait as much as circles do.

[Rivverrat]

I used 8/0 EC circles fishing for YT at Cedros with Mackeral for bait.  You can cast them just fine even with a knot going through the guides!

Mark, That made me laugh.

[fishhead69]

The Bristol knot, AKA the RP knot, AKA the No Name knot named by Mark Sosin.

[fishhawk]

what about this "blob knot" I've heard about?

[Rivverrat]

The Bristol knot, AKA the RP knot, AKA the No Name knot named by Mark Sosin.

Though there are some similarities the Bristol & RP are 2 different knots. While they both are good knots they dont cast well, smoothly through most guides...Jeff

[oc1]

Blob knot is very thin.  It's quick too if you carry a lighter with you.  The blob clicks a bit going through the guides but I haven't used it enough pass judgment.
-steve

[boon]

The Bristol knot, AKA the RP knot, AKA the No Name knot named by Mark Sosin.

The huge advantage of the non-doubled knots (PR, FG) is that there's no double so the end of the mono faces towards the reel, thus the line flows very easily when casting. Any knot with a double will have the tag facing the tip (or out the side) and will catch going through them.

[mike1010]

The Bristol knot, AKA the RP knot, AKA the No Name knot named by Mark Sosin.

The huge advantage of the non-doubled knots (PR, FG) is that there's no double so the end of the mono faces towards the reel, thus the line flows very easily when casting. Any knot with a double will have the tag facing the tip (or out the side) and will catch going through them.

This is true of Albright and similar knots, and is the reason I gave them up.  It is not true of the Bristol (no-name) knot.  The tag, such as it is, stands out at a right angle.  I say such as it is because the knot allows the tag to be trimmed really close, like a mm.  For a few years I've been using  a Bimini loop/Bristol knot combination to join leaders to braid, and have never had a failure.