The second knot was the simple snell knot(not the Uni snell in the accompanying illustration).

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The knotless knot & the uni both have 1 disadvantage. They both have the line outside the wraps of the shank which for toothy fish risks cutting the line that is exposed b4 it passes through eye & continues toward mainline. A true has the line protected by the wraps & is very simple. All you need to do is twist it as you wrap around the shank, get your 7 or so wraps completed then pull slack up through the eye. Its a far superior knot and requires little more skill research true snell & you will be sold on it.

already have caught a 30# Blue Cat off of these (going to try to get a 60#+ next year). kzfaq.infoUgkxzXmlErSqVAEGWFEKO530BvTqFDw53QW3 Definitely very strong, and sharp. Additionally, the gap is wide enough to actually hook a fish (not always the case with circle hooks). I purchased the 8/0, but probably should have got the 9/0 (they seem slightly smaller than other 8/0 hooks). Additionally, having the point in-line helps if you drift fish. I have yet to get a serious snag with one of these hooks.

Hey thanks, I had been using the knot less, it’s perfect, really thanks, great advice

Cool video. I remember being thought the knot less Snell technique from my uncles as a child when they'd go night fishing for Giant Travales( Ulua) here in Hawaii. I'm starting to do more beach fishing with live baits so I'll be using a Snell knot and circle hooks more often. I'll be using the more conventional Snell knot, but it was cool to see it again in this video.

Your second knot is not the Uni Knot. It's a snell knot. The picture is the Uni Knot but not the one your tying. Your wraps did not go thru the loop but around the shank & your doubled up line.

awesome video. Thank you!

I have used snell hook and has never failed. I would just add to put on leather gloves and set hook to make sure of your knot. great vid, thx. Chris

You answered my question is why not use a Trilene knot for the trailing hook. Could just use a straight shank hook as a trailer & tie it as a Trilene. Really like the Uni Snell; wish you would have shown that as a double Uni Snell. Thank you much!😊😊😊

I use the first one the knotless knot for all my catfishing, it's easy and fast and actually stronger then other snell knots cause it is a knotless knot and instead the line binds onto itself making it stronger because there are no pinch points.

Yeah the second picture was the normal smell, but actually tied was the simple snell.

first way to snell can come undone on big fish. Learned that the hard way. Nice video.

What’s a good way to hold the hook when tying the knot tight so you don’t chance getting the hook in your hand?

Can you also snell hooks with _downward_ eye offset, or are those hooks meant to be tied directly to the eye?

There is an exposed vertical line after making a return thru' the hole and it may snapped. Vertical line should hide in side when going round and round, definitely looks neat.

Second picture you had was the uni snell knot but you did a different one, you did the snell knot.

The uni snell that is shown in the video demonstration, isn't the same in the illustration.

Your knot and that pic you had up were not the same knot

Thanks for your help you the best

Do a reverse loop after the last wrap THEN go back up thru the eye.

It is more beneficial to the viewer if you use a dark background as you are Tying hooks. A dark T Shirt, or felt ect. Thanks for the demos.

Can I use that not for row egga

you made the uni snell wrong if you follow the pic you need to make the wraps through the loop not around it like you done, that is a different method but still works i suppose

I'm confused. The chart you showed for the "Knotless Snell" is not what you tied starting around 1:40.

I worry that these ways to tie can create angular binding points in the knot causing it to weaken itself. I have learned to tie a non-binding snell with a "whip finish" style snell from fly tying. I use this in the Pacific NW for salmon and steelhead with nary a break at the hook. The result is almost exactly as a nail knot without the nail. And, by snugging down the knot just before the hook bend you can then create a "bait loop" with the bare standing end from knot to eye. By increasing the amount of leader coming off the base of the knot, I have taught myself to tie double hook rigs as well with the whip finish. Here is a link to another person showing this on KZfaq. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJ-kndObss-nd3k.html FISH ON everyone!!

How would u tie the barrel swivel?!?!?!

has anyone done pull tests to see how each way performs? if the easy no knot way is close in performance....

Yesterday i fish with standard snell hook......it slip out after some usage.......I got stun !........i am back to my old method uni snell hook

cant imagine tying that in the field with cold fingers

Can we do the first knot on mono, fluoro, as well as on braid lines?

Should always be wetting your knot before pulling tight .

Not a big fan of the first way I know it's the simplest and will work but depending on what you're fishing for the uni knot over the shank is the way to go. As you showed.

The second knot tied is not the one in the diagram, the UNI.

Your Uni-knot snell is incorrect even by your diagram - the tag line doesn't get wrapped around the loop and the shank then brought through the loop at the bottom; it gets wrapped around the shank inside the the loop then back out of the loop.

3:40 HAHAHAHA you are doing something other than what is in the picture

That's knot a uni-knot. 🤪

Pull hard on that uni knot snell a few times. If you tie it as shown on the disgram, it is an incredibly weak knot! Test it and you will never use it again.

I don't use any of these variations. My preferred is a traditional snell where the line is hidden under the wraps.

I could not see nothing you were doings with the white background.

WHITE LINE WHITE BASE VERY DIFICULT TO WATCH

The 2nd one is very fiddly

First not useless after first time, if u loose your hook you can't tie that know again without cutting your leader off so dosent make sense

Why snell when you have stronger knots like fish n fool and palomar?

That white surface underneath wasn't actually a good choice. Apart from that nice video

No barrels swivel just a Trilene knot to main line… and

I don’t think you know why the engineers made the hook that way.

Nicely wrong.

Can’t see your line

Crap. Can't see shit

gonna post how to tie knots..do it right. diagrams are wrong. go back to your joint.

The knotless snell is worthless. With large mono it easily comes untied....Your second photo is an obvious “cheat"....

Title of your video should be "How to snell a hook the lame way".

At least get the drawing the same.........

Snelling is dumb.

This isn’t a proper snell