[CodyV7Mc]

What knot do you guys use to make your loops? I've noticed lately that when I would hook a bigger fish on the grocery rods, that the leader would break at the first loop. The line is ragged like the loop slid down on itself and everything below would be lost. Double surgeons knot (I think) is what I'm using. Make a loop with a doubled piece of line, wrap the end through the loop twice and pull tight. 15-20lb Seguar RedLabel Fluor.

 

[ez2cdave]

I use the Dropper Loop Knot . . .

Tight Lines !

 

[surfchunker]

I use the same knot as you with no problems, are you wetting it good when you pull it tight ? I use 25 lb blue label no problems, maybe you got a bad batch of line, 15 lb won't take much to damage it

 

[IPNURWATER]

Not sure where you got your sea guard but there was some fake stuff going around. I made a thread about it not long ago

 

[MadDawgJ]

Are you fishing around oyster shoals or where there are Blues or small sharks that could be bitting you off?

 

[pmcdaniel]

Never had an issue with a a rig tied with dropper loops. I've had a couple I didn't get enough twists on that slipped down to the hook, but no breakage.

 

[CodyV7Mc]

Yeaaaa.... I figured it out. Lol. Wrong knot. The dropper loop knot works like a charm and doesn't slip IF you twist enough times. Thanks for the help though

 

[Fishman]

How many twist are good I use three?

 

[George Gravier]

Personally I don't use dropper loops this is how I tie mine, I use 30# ande pink for my spot rigs etc take the line from your spool snell a hook figure out how long you want your bottom hook to be and tie a short two turn surgeons knot for your sinker, then go up your line figure out how far up you want your top hook to be and tie a 5 turn surgeons knot clip one leg and snell a hook, your final step is to clip about 6 to 8 inches off up from your top hook so you can either tie on a swivel or like me I tie my bottom rig directly to my main line on my spot rod, Ive caught 30 in pups on this rig with no issues.............geo

 

[greg12345]

i use surgeons loops. easiest and fastest 2 hook rig to tie is river's rig....2 hooks, one piece of fluoro, two surgeons loops.

 

[surfchunker]

take about 3' of quality flouro and snell a hook on both ends and then add two loops in the middle one for sinker and one to tie main line to