Went out with Fishrod. We had a decent day. We caught a few good fish 19"or so and a lot of 12"- 14" 2 year olds. All of them were caught off the boards,2-3 colors.

While we were fishing I got a hit.So I start reeling the fish in and as I'm starting to reel it in and get to my lead the KNOT on my lead let go!
I lost the fish, 3 colors of lead, mono and my favorite DB.
I couldnt believe it! Right after that I was telling Richard about how I streched out all my set up's this spring just to check all my knots. My other rod goes off.... Fish on!
I"m reeling the fish in and when I get to my leader I can see the hook [a Siwash]
is clustered with another line.
Richard grab's the other line and starts to pull it in and there's a fish still on it.... The fish I just LOST!!
I hand lined the rest of my lead in,I got my 3 colors of lead,my favorite DB and caught a 19" Salmon to boot!
Unbelievable!!
Thank's again Richard. Good luck at Champ.[and dont tell anyone about my knot]
Mark.

Similar thing happen to me with a fly, fishing Champlain and the catching was hot and heavy, lost my fly to a fish that my buddy hooked 5 seconds later and gave me my fly back.
Do you use the Willis knot?

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Gus

Gus,
I think you posted the Willis knot once.If I'm right it looked to hard to tie.I use the Improved Clinch Knot.
I'm thinking of using a drop of Super glue on them.
What do you think of that?

The Willis Knot is easy to tie. I just read a tip to eliminate the end of the Dacron from fraying; after removing the lead, insert a large needle/safety pin and heat the Dacron to fuse the material thus eliminating the fraying.

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Gus

Mark was telling me he was going to be be called Slipknot II. Don't worry about Mark. He can fish with the best of them, and for the record, I know Craig can too.
Richard