Johnboy wrote:Tbh I don't see the need to abandon the good old uni/uni knot. MY trust for it comes from years of using it while feeder fishing with 8lb braid and a 6lb leader... When you know a know can hold while pelting out a 40g Feeder loaded with groundbait; while clipped up on the line clip which causes the feeder to spring backwards a bit in the air you can trust it to hold a lure on 20lb line.
Been using it for bass and sea trout too, never failed and a lot easier to tie while you're wading with cold hands.
Hi Johnboy,
I have no doubt that a uni/uni knot would do the job...but there are a few things to consider when comparing knots used for feeders vs spinning.
A very important one would be the rods used for each fishing techniques - feeder rods are very slow (have parabolic actions bending all the way to the handle) while spinning rods usually are Fast or moderate-fast (meaning that they bend a lot less and only on the top 1/3 section). This results in feeder rods absorbing shocks a lot more than spinning rods. I fished both so I'm talking from experience.
Also, when feeder fishing your knot will not pass through your rings very often. It's different for spinning because you use shorter rods and more often than not you need a 2-3 m long mono/fluoro leader and the knots have to pass easily through the rings.
My suggestion would be to at least try and see how it works...in the end...we don't all have to use same knots
Tight Lines!