I like a snell on a straight shank because it makes everything streamlined.  The tag doesnt catch grass and the weight isnt constantly beating up the knot, since I rarely use a peg.  I dont know if the whole cam action theory is correct in real world scenarios, but it sounds good lol.    

Tried snelling quite a few years back now. Watched the videos, took my time, did it right. Was excited to never lose a fish again with all the hype surround it only for it to fall flat on its face all afternoon. Finally got annoyed, cut it off and tied the hook back on using my trusty ol'palomar knot and didn't lose one the rest of the afternoon. If the snell is better, I didn't see it and haven't fished with anyone who could convince me otherwise either. Until that happens, I'll stick with what has worked for me. 

If I can snell a hook, I will.  Otherwise, I use the FishNFool for braid.  It's just a uni with a double loop through the eye.  

IPClinch.

 

if i punch, i am with the sheep herd, and i use a Uni Snell.  

The best knot is the knot that you can tie consistently without failure.

 

 

I once came across an angler while fishing.  I asked him how they were biting?  He told me the only thing they will bite are red shad worms.  "All I ever use are red shad worms", he added.   I asked him why?  He said "That's the only thing they will bite".  Made perfect sense. ☺️

2 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

...the only thing they will bite are red shad worms. 

 

I bet his biggest bass are caught on red shad worms, too!

 

                                                           

2 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

 

I bet his biggest bass are caught on red shad worms, too!

 

                                                           

And when he zeroes it’s because he used red shad worms 

 

?

 

 

 

 

Mike

7 minutes ago, Mike L said:

And when he zeroes it’s because he used red shad worms.

 

Fish weren't biting that day.  ?

On 3/2/2023 at 7:08 AM, Captain Phil said:

 

Snelling your hook is a huge advantage when flipping and pitching.  Done right, the point turns into the fish on the hook set.  When I started snelling my flipping hooks, my "fish in the boat" percentage increased substantially.  Snell these hooks when flipping and you will catch more bass.

 

 

I've always used a Uni Knot, but I've red before that the Snell Knot is an excellent knot for this purpose.

I use this snell 100% of the time when using straight shanks with braid. Hook and land percentage is excellent, and they're hooked in the roof of the mouth the vast majority of the time. No knot above the hook eye to get beat up. The cam action causes the bait to land upight every time. It's easy to tie, and I've never had one fail.

I love knots.  If you go for your Captain's license, you will learn to tie nautical knots. I never gave much thought to fishing knots until braid came out.  The clinch knot seemed good enough.   The first thing that happened to me when I used braid was I lost a 25 pound snook when the knot came undone.  I went back to mono and wouldn't use braid for a long time after that.  Eventually I discovered the double clinch knot from a Jimmy Houston video.  This knots holds and never slips, but it doesn't tie well with heavy mono.  When I was flipping with 25 pound Big Game mono, I used a Palomar knot and I never lost another big fish due to knot slippage.  Braid is different.   Braid needs multiple turns to hold and not slip.  If the fish you are hoping to catch aren't that strong, your knot is not going to make much difference. If you fish for larger fish, your knot needs to be up to the task. I do not wish to start a forum knot war. I'm here to pass down my experience.   If it helps you, great.  If not, that's OK too. ?

17 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

If you go for your Captain's license, you will learn to tie nautical knots.

 

Learned that in boy scouts 

 

19 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

I do not wish to start a forum knot war.

 

Been down that road once or twice before.

3 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

I love knots.  If you go for your Captain's license, you will learn to tie nautical knots. ?

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I use the palomar, uni knot, and trilene knot.  The only time I use a snelled hook is when I catfish.

For me, it depends on how I rig the plastic. weightless and pegged weights, I use a palomar or Pitzen and an unpegged weight I use a snell.

For trick worms, I normally don't use a straight shank.  I'll use a round bend worm hook, or nose hook them with a weedless hook for more action.

Snell knots work good on turned up eye hooks designed for Snelling. The standard flat eye hook can cut mono, FC, copoly line at the sharp wire end of the hook eye.

Welded eye flipping hooks designed to reduced line cutting work better then standard eye hooks.

Everyone shows the photo of the hook point at the angle they assume is inside the bass mouth, how does that happen? it could 180 degrees and outside the bass mouth or anywhere in between!

when a bass crunches down to kill the critter it struck the hook gets flatten sideways.

I also tie the SD Jam knot at times and clip a cloths pin onto the hook for added weight to help tie the knot. 

Tom