Double figure of 8 mono to wire?
Submitted by Naughts on Sat, 2016-05-14 20:48
G'Day guys
just after some help if anyone has had any experience tying a double figure of 8, heavy mono to wire. (200LBS) Struggling to find any infomation on this particular knot, any help or links are greatly apreciated! thanks in advance
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OOH YEH
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Double figure 8
I use this knot a lot but mainly for abseiling ......
Moist and Salty
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Never done it outside of
Never done it outside of ropes, but if it's single strand wire the mono will be more supple so use that to do the follow through. Tie a very loose figure 8 in the wire then trace the path back using the mono, snug and dress the knot. Don't see why it wouldn't work.
Jackfrost80
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My old man is a Firey and
My old man is a Firey and insists on using his rope knots including the Figure 8 to tie on his lures. So far I've watched him lose 4x $20+ lures.
Apparently one was a bull shark that bit him off at Bayswater, another one was gill raked by a Mulloway at Ascot. Two of them went flying out into the estuary due to line abrasion... on the sand flats.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
sea-kem
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If you are chasing sharks pm
If you are chasing sharks pm Psion as he's the man to talk to in regards heavy rigs.
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Just crimp it
Just crimp it
Hutch
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I do an albright up to 100lb
I do an albright up to 100lb 7 strand coated wire without problems. Havent tried any heavier or different strand wires but might work
Naughts
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Cheers for all the help so
Cheers for all the help so far guys, so this is what the South Africans reffer to as a double figgure 8 (in the picture above) but obviously dosent look like one. So i guessing we call it something else over here, so can anyone identify what we might call this knot? to me it looks like a double fishermans knot?
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sea-kem
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Like I mentioned message
Like I mentioned message member psion, he's I'm pretty sure South African and has probably used this kind of knot. He's a good bloke, very knoweldgable in this area and always happy to help. Cheers
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Sammy the Salmon
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Looks like a double uni knot
Looks like a double uni knot with the less turns due to the thickness perhaps?
crasny1
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Sorry to say
But I don't like the look off that and suspect it will slip.
As mentioned above why not crimp it for a lot greater strength, or bend the wire in half, then with the mono use the loop in the metal to do a uni knot. I think you will find that stronger.
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