Having a debate at work.. What knot do yall think works the best and is strongest when tying fluorocarbon? Talking straight to hook not as a leader. 

San Diego Jam or the Shaw Grigsby which I believe is a double San Diego Jam

Never had an issue with the Palomar just wet your line before cinching.

Never had a San Diego jam knot break. 

I use the shaw grigsby knot myself. 

I used to use the double most of the time, but have since went to the normal San Diego Jam knot. Excellent knot for fluorocarbon in my opinion. 

Duncan Knot, also  known as a 16/20 or Pitzen Knot.

 

 

No clue about strongest but the Uni knot has always done me well. 

I don't know about strongest either but I always use a Trilene knot and never had one fail.  (That's actually the ONLY knot I use for line to lure for mono, fluoro or braid).

uni knot is my go to on fluoro.  tried the san diego for a while, but i was doing something wrong with the number of break offs i was having. went right back to the uni and have had no issues since.

Palomar or Duncan

Great review.Thanks

Definitely going to try the shaw grigsby now that I read this 

Line selection is more important than the knot you tie.  That is a whole different topic with probably hundreds of threads already listed. As @road warrior posted use a site like http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php#ScrollPoint to learn new knots. To answer your question it depends on what I am doing. Spinnerbaits jam knot , jigs palomar. I have used the double jam knot for alabama rigs and it hasn't failed me yet. I like the palomar because its quick and easy. 

27 minutes ago, SwampLife said:

Definitely going to try the shaw grigsby now that I read this 

Great knot just not<hah  the one I like tying when its cold out and my fingers aren't working.

I use the Trilene Knot.............works for me, and I have never had it fail. I love the palomar knot for tying direct to braid, but I just had too many fail with fluorocarbon.

SDJ

No love for improved clinch? It's all I use. No complaints.

All I use is the uni knot..Braid,fluoro,copoly,mono..never had this fail me,been tying it for yrs 

double pitzen  even use to on mono

One more for the Shaw G knot, it's never failed me yet...

Palomar for everything regarding ditect tie. 

I use SDJ for all lines ( except braid which is the palomar and mono, which I don't use anymore at all) 

 

 

Mike 

Well, as you can see, several knots seem to work just fine. The key is this: "If the knot you tie is not PERFECT, it's not good enough."

 

I like the Berkley Braid knot for tying fluorocarbon line. It starts like Shaw's knot, but you go through the bottom loop, instead of the top loop. 

5 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Well, as you can see, several knots seem to work just fine. The key is this: "If the knot you tie is not PERFECT, it's not good enough."

 

This!