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andybear
In view of some of my recent exploits, and bad decisions whilst fishing, I have now decided as part of my pre fish routine, to test my rigs for strength before I go out. I recently aquired a digital fishing scale, and now I test the leader loops by pulling and holding 8 kg for about ten seconds. About 60 percent of the rated strength. Often I tie what I consider to be a rapala knot, but I often feel that I have led the line the wrong way to finish off. If its gonna slip or break, hopefully that will be the time, and not when the fish of a lifetime is being engaged. :lol:

Cheers all Andybear (fishing Scarborough 13 Oct) :lol:
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troppo
Andybear, have you found any of your knots failing? Like, have all of them passed the test or do you regularly find some that fail early?

By the way, that is a great idea. I have a set of fishing scales and they never get used by me because they start at about 1 kg and I need one that finishes at about 1 kg! I should use them to test my knots.
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