Question? perfection loop

BentRod84 · Mar-30-2009, 09:26 PM

what do you guys think about the perfection loop. what lb. test would be the heaviest you would tie this knot with ? how strong is it ? i normaly use the san diego but i thought it might work as a poor mans ringed hook.

sdfishkiller · Mar-30-2009, 09:46 PM

I only use the perfection for 1 situation.

100# Ande leader for casting macks to Striped Marlin.

Works great for me with about 12-15#'s of drag (40-50# mainline)

Its an alright knot. Give it a try, my friend has tied it for tuna with 30#

wahoodad · Mar-30-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BentRod84

what do you guys think about the perfection loop. what lb. test would be the heaviest you would tie this knot with ? how strong is it ? i normaly use the san diego but i thought it might work as a poor mans ringed hook.

Bruce on the Shogun did some tests, read the article here:

Knots and Such

I'm a believer now

the hook · Mar-30-2009, 10:19 PM

I use the perfection loop for faux ringed hooks all the time. Quick, easy, adjustable, strong. Any test, has not failed me.

ranchero · Mar-31-2009, 10:00 AM

Long range is way different than offshore SD. I'd do as the romans if I were going on their boats...

that said:
I used perfection loop on 20 - 30 line with 1/0-2/0 owner mutu circles and dines on the local dodo, Yellowtail, albie, yellow fine bluefin - in liue of ringed. Worked great! (was experimenting- this is light line) Lost a trophy dod on the circle when i tried to set a hook- and it got spit! Just point pole at fish w/ circle- no set- it set's itself -right in corner of mouth.

I'd say it's a great knot for heavy line- 80 lb no prob- 150lb even...would not think a prob. But yes SD knot on all feathers etc-

Been using it on my feathers too- on the swivel end

Great article. I use the rapala knot because I can't tie a perfection w/ a cd-18 and i don't want to crimp. Some day (sooner than later- I hope) I will nail a Blue Fin Tuna or Bigeye on one. Will be pissed if the rapala knot does not hold!

scotth · Mar-31-2009, 10:07 AM

this may be heresy but I caught a lot of nice tuna last summer at Alijos including 3 from 80-105# using uni knots that were not cinched all the way down for the ringed-hook effect

I did this as an experiment, fishing was so good I didn't feel like I would lose out if I lost a fish to a bad knot and I was cutting off so many fish I didn't want to use expensive hooks - however, I never had any failures tying these in 40-80# line

I don't think I would do this as a regular practice though, only with really good fishin like we had there

SlideRight · Mar-31-2009, 05:37 PM

At Bruce Smith's (Shogun) suggestion, I tried the PL on 130 floro to non-ringed hook & it worked great - just like he said: good abrasion resistance, easy to adjust loop size (for me, only fairly easy) & a very easy knot to master. Landed YF to 170# using PL at HB. Bruce did not recommend PL on 100# in amonst these size & larger fish - for 100 he wanted a double knot (trilene, D-SD, D-Uni, Miller, Irwin, etc.). I've finally learned to listen better to the experts. Anyway, it worked for me. Good luck!