06-07-2008, 09:17 PM
I have used the Nonslip Mono Loop for several years now but have never fished with the Surgeon's Loop.
FG has talked about the Surgeons Loop several times. When she recently discussed how to keep the loop small it got me to try some experimenting to see how I liked tying the knot.
In doing some tug of war testing I discovered that both knots are stronger than the tippet material. That is to say that the tippet material broke in the middle not in the knot or near the knot. I have tried it with 3x mono and 5x Fluorcarbon.
But I need to say that all of my tippet material is at least a year old so there is a chance that the material has degraded. But then again I have used two different tippet sizes and materials so there is a very good likelyhood that new tippet material would produce the same results.
So here is a challenge for you. Assuming that you have some new tippet material can you do some relative knot tests and see if you get similar results.
By the way I have added my results to my page on testing knots. Also, note that you need 5 turns for the nonslip mono loop.
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FG has talked about the Surgeons Loop several times. When she recently discussed how to keep the loop small it got me to try some experimenting to see how I liked tying the knot.
In doing some tug of war testing I discovered that both knots are stronger than the tippet material. That is to say that the tippet material broke in the middle not in the knot or near the knot. I have tried it with 3x mono and 5x Fluorcarbon.
But I need to say that all of my tippet material is at least a year old so there is a chance that the material has degraded. But then again I have used two different tippet sizes and materials so there is a very good likelyhood that new tippet material would produce the same results.
So here is a challenge for you. Assuming that you have some new tippet material can you do some relative knot tests and see if you get similar results.
By the way I have added my results to my page on testing knots. Also, note that you need 5 turns for the nonslip mono loop.
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