How to tie a BIMINI TWIST : The Wizard

2rods · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: How to tie a BIMINI TWIST

Found this link and thought a few people might like it :mrgreen:

It is how to tie a BIMINI TWIST

http://www.leadertec.com/tipsandtechniq ... imini.html

And one with all (well most of) the knots we use..

http://www.leadertec.com/tipsandtechniq ... index.html

BEAR · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:15 am Post subject:

good site that one 2rods :mrgreen:

all ways wondered what the name of the knot I use to tie my leader on was :-?

well this is the best knot I have used to date http://www.leadertec.com/tipsandtechniq ... ocker.html 8-)

Buckaneer2 · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject:

Great links. There are so many knots around for different uses it is hard to remember them all. What the site dose'nt tell you is which knots are better in the strengths department. For example the spider hitch is a weaker knot than both the plait & the bimini twist in that it only gives about 70 to 80 % line strength whereas the others give 100%.
It amazes me how many people are unaware of this & continue to tie the spider. The bimini is as easy to tie when you get used to it. :cheers:

2rods · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject:

Here is another link that is good.. :mrgreen:

http://www.animatedknots.com

slug · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject:

Buckaneer2 wrote:

It amazes me how many people are unaware of this & continue to tie the spider. The bimini is as easy to tie when you get used to it.

It amazes me more why people tie either when chasing barra :-?

Braid to leader works unbreakable on XXXX for me

Blinky · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:34 am Post subject:

slug wrote:

Buckaneer2 wrote:

It amazes me how many people are unaware of this & continue to tie the spider. The bimini is as easy to tie when you get used to it.

It amazes me more why people tie either when chasing barra :-?

Just that little bit of extra insurance.

Ash Neale · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject:

One of my customers has made tying bimini's a sinch. I always use them in the shop when putting leaders on for customers and got sick of winding 50 turns the doing the knot about ten times a day. It's a motorised gizmo that does all the twisting for you. Pretty simple really but he does'nt like me showing people as he wants to produce it and sell it. I'll have a word to him and see what he's doing about it. Cause once you use it you'll only ever tie biminis for your conections.
Ash

Buckaneer2 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

I can understand you getting sick of tying 10 or more a day in the shop but unless you have a very bad day you would only tie 2 or 3 in the boat in a day & thats no trouble at all.

I'm half blind & I tie them in the dark with very little effort. :cheers:

Blinky · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

I just came across something very interesting in Harro's book "Barramundi"
quote "The Bimini Twist is in widespread use, but does not deliver anywhere near the 100% achieved with a mono. On a good knotting day, one might get 80%." unquote.

Being the major driving force behind Bionic Braid, if anyone knows his knots in gelspun line, it's Rod Harrison.

His recommended double knot in gelspun is "Harro's Quickie Double Knot", basically all it's a four turn overhand knot.

This prompted me to do some testing of my own:
I tied up five knots of both variety in 20 lb Millennium Hotfibre II and Bionic Braid.
All ten pieces tied with the Bimini broke at the knot at between 13 and 17 lbs of tension.
The other test pieces tied with the Harro quickie double knot; 7 pieces broke in the line itself, away from the knot, at between 18 and 21 lbs of tension, the remaining 3 broke at the knot, all at 19 lbs, these 3 breaking at the knot I put down to bad knotting technique.

These test were enough to convince me that I'm giving the Bimini the coit and going with Harro's knot, the bonus is it can be tied in 1.5 seconds flat.

deepblack · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject:

Bulk Kudos to Blinky for confirming something I had been suspecting for a while about biminis in braid. (The Jewies and GT's were trying their hardest to give me the tip!) I had been wondering why when using 10kg (pretty heavy I know) of drag on 50lb bionic or fins I was getting smoked by bimini failures, at first I thought it might have been incorrect tying technique but being a knot nazi my tying is generally pretty bl..dy good (I still take the time to plait mono as I don't trust the inherant distortion a bimini puts in the line, no failures in mono for ages by the way) maybe it's not me it might be the knot so the harro knot might be the go. A pity plaits in braid dont seem to work, although I havent done any testing in a while. The problem with the earlier generation braided lines was that while the plait would standup under 100% load as soon as you put any sudden shock into the system they sheared away at the first cross over on the plait. Maybe the new generation of braids won't do this time to get out the scales and do some testing I think.

back-cast · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 12:41 am Post subject:

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whomper37 · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject:

How do you think this knot would work as a Paternosta type rig with braid instead of mono?? Think I might give it a go see how it holds up to bottom bashing....

luvindafish · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

The bimini twist double (50-60 turns) is a brilliant double with braid. Never had an issue. Trying to learn the plait though which is a bit more difficult :grin:

jasonmcc · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:56 am Post subject: Albright

Im with Backcast!! I have never had a problem with using the Albright not on Barra or heavy gear.

I will keep using it, though the knot of Blinkys looks pretty quick.

Jason

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