WEBVTT - Ep. 75: My Crappie Swing Has Mad FG-Force 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:08.160 For the kid. It's like, I don't feel like walking 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:09.840 the dogs today. It's like, yeah, let me see you 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.400 stand outside until two o'clock in the morning and subarctic 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:15.200 conditions cutting out cod tongues, you know. For that's such 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:18.160 a punk. Pulled the lever for the parliament, went outside, 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:20.079 smoked one dude. That thing must have been in there 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.279 for twenty years. I took like one drag and I 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:25.160 think the whole cigarettes just went up in that place. 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:27.800 Oh yeah, come up to the Pilaski. Man, everybody's just 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.479 got motto on their fly reel. I always feel like 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.520 it's too difficult of a not it's actually pretty easy. 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:38.760 Oh well, all right, and good morning to gendered anglers, 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:41.800 and welcome to Bent, the fishing podcast that prefers to 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:45.280 wet its knots with someone else's saliva before sinching them tight. 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:50.600 I'm Joe Surmelli. That's how you get the COVID and 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:55.760 I'm hating salmac. Yes you are? You are still hating? 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:59.400 Uh yeah? And yeah today, how are you feeling better? 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.680 By the way you're all over your you know? Oh yeah, yeah, well, 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.240 you know, like I said, I didn't really end up 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.120 again like that. Stick to begin with, you don't have 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:10.440 the long COVID very thankfully, No, I do not. It 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:12.480 appears away. It might drop dead in ten years, but 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.399 you know I don't. Yeah, well, yeah, so so might 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.759 we all? Who knows? Anyway, Uh, today on the show, 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:19.760 let's see what we got. We're gonna talk about get this. 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:23.240 We got a bar today with its own theme song. 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.720 Excited about that, And we're gonna talk about knots and 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:31.520 everybody loves to talk knots, right, um, And by the 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.399 end of this you you might finally get off And 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:35.959 by you, I mean you hate and finally get off 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:38.760 the clinch knot I think you use for everything. Isn't 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.039 that what you do? It's so easy? I mean, I 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.080 mean sort of sort of it is. But life, you know, 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:48.760 sometimes life is hard anyhow? Um you know? So hey, look, 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.320 you did finally make it back to Montana. Did Phil's 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:56.160 announcement last week spark spark a little more enthusiasm to 0:01:56.240 --> 0:02:00.800 get back? Did it once again? Early again? Joe? And 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.680 then listeners, here's a weekly reminder that I am, in 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:08.280 fact not high. Yeah. I don't know why people won't 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.880 let this go. Have you guys ever considered like I 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.200 might just be kind of dumb. No no, no, no, no, 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.359 I don't say that You're not dumb. You're just You're 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.160 just special and that's why we love you. And I 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.280 hope it never dies. I think we should just keep 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:26.760 that one going, you know. Thanks anyway, Yes, I did 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.440 in fact make it back to Montana. Yeah. Well, you know, 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.560 with all those delays and and rescheduling, you know, I 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:33.960 got to thinking about it, and I'm like, you were 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.839 here for so much extra time. We probably still could 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.440 have gotten a fishing trip in. We didn't know that 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:42.000 you were going to get stuck. But in hindsight, I'm like, damn, 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.359 you actually were here with a negative COVID result for like, 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:47.320 you know, three or four more days and you should 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:51.080 have been Yeah. Um, and the weather was nice, I 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.239 mean relatively speaking, so uh yeah, we we probably could have. 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.280 But I did get to hit the I did get 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:58.480 to hit the ice. I was gonna say, you did. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.720 You did one wish did come true for you? You You 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:02.840 got you finally got back out there and back out 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.240 on the ice this weekend. How was that? It was good? 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:07.840 I got to break out all that ship that thirteen 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:12.000 sent me and everything that i'd hoped for and more. 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.880 There you go. So now having actually finally gotten to 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:19.639 use it, um any any favorite piece of of thirteen 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:23.799 fishing gear emerge out of the glorious pile you were sent. Yeah, 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:25.840 I'm gonna get into it, like you know, I think 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:29.359 we'll talk about a little more in this episode later on. 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:34.000 But uh, what we ended up fishing for was mostly like, 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.280 there was this farm pond that we ended up fishing, 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.080 and so I bought a lot of the lighter stuff. 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:43.000 You know, there aren't any like Walleye or like anything 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:44.680 super big in it. But I was fishing one of 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.280 those little ultra light omens with like the split grip. 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:52.840 I love that thing, man, It's it's unbelievably sensitive and 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.760 so like the blank starts around right and then the 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.800 tapers into like a flat like ribbon of metal. So 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:02.240 it's the tip of supersensitive. So you don't have to 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.080 use one of those what do you call like those 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:07.840 like spring dipper things. Oh god, yeah, I know you 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:09.440 know what I'm talking about. I I do. I don't, 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:10.920 I don't, I don't know the lingo, but I know 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.480 exactly what you mean. But yeah, those rods are pretty 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.520 slick like the tip of those rods. It's like it's 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:19.839 like a noodle, but it works somehow, especially light for 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.520 smaller light biting fish. Yeah totally. I mean, like you know, 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.080 it's it's good for two things, right, You can really 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:30.719 see anytime something interacts with your bait. And then also 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.800 if you just like move your wrist to touch, it 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.200 kind of works as like a spring to amplify that. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.360 So it gives you like a really nice action. And 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:40.360 that rod, because of how it's designed, has some really 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.560 like it has some surprising backbone to it too. I 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:48.159 actually hooked into like a fairly sizeable brook trout, like 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.039 you know, fifteen inches, which you know for a brook trod, 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.000 was like a great brookie And man, I licked that 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.919 thing before it knew it was hooked, you know. So anyhow, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.760 the split grip Ultra light omen is a new favorite, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.880 and I'm a big fan of that. Yeah. Yeah, I 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:04.840 lick a lot of brookies before they know they're hooked. 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.960 When you do that, you would end up over your shoulder, 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:09.839 you know what I mean, on those little streamers like 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:13.239 to fish just like, oh he's behind me, Tony. Anyway, 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.480 that's that's actually not where I thought go with that. 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.760 But but yeah, no, I could have gone in several directions, 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:23.040 but I chose that one. Um, since you we choose 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:26.480 to wed our brookies with other people saliva too, Yeah right, 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:30.479 exactly exactly. Um. But well, looks since you've left, it 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.640 has gotten colder here, um, but still not cold enough 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.760 for local safe ice. So I'm not using any of 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.719 my thirteen nice fishing gear, at least not around the way. 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:40.880 You know what I'm saying, Maybe a little bit of 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:42.920 skim ice that's gonna go away when it gets back 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:46.919 to forty five this week. Um. Anyhow, moving on to 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:50.719 those knots. Did you know I'm actually fascinated by fishing knots. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:55.680 And here's why. I think that anglers obsess over them 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.159 too much. Right, Like, in my opinion, there are four 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:04.200 maybe five knots every angler should know and that's it. Yeah, yeah, 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.359 I you know, we were joking about me using a 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:12.320 clinch knot for everything. That's not exactly true, but uh, 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.720 you know, I think they're like people are like, oh, 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:16.480 you gotta use this for this, and this for that 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:18.880 and this for there are a whole bunch of knots 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.480 that have like different applications, right, But you know, I 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.640 don't think that you know, if you're a saltwater fisherman, 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.440 you use a series of knots if you're yeah, as 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:31.280 I was gonna say, right, so it's situational. And now, 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.159 in my opinion, every anglersh should know the clinch, palamar, 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:38.400 non slip, mono loop and a unique union splice. And 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.840 then like you say, there, there's there's outliers like if 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:42.760 you fly fish for trout, you gotta add a blood 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.000 not today have to know how to tie that. Um. 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.200 If you saltwater fish, you should probably be able to 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.120 tie a spider hitch. Maybe not the Bamni twist, but 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.560 the spider hitch. Um. But what I see happening, uh, 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.440 is these new knots get popularized by the internet right 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.600 on like TikTok and reels. There's always these little tutorials 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.599 on tie these crazy knots, which is fine and new 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.400 is good, there's nothing wrong with that. But then what happens, 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:09.320 I feel like other knots apparently become weaker. It's like, oh, 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:13.000 you're still tying the palamar. That's so two thousand five dude, 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:14.440 you know what I mean? Only only not I'll use 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.280 these days to San Diego jam, Like, come on, man, 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.280 and not that was good ten years ago. It's still 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.640 for the most part of good. Knot Yeah, people are 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:23.560 too obsessed with knots, man, And like, here's the thing. 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:25.920 If I wanted to spend all my free time tying knots, 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:30.560 I'd get into crocheting and not like five fishing. The 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:35.640 my like kid basically is like five turned clinch kids, 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:39.560 the improved clinches in garbage. Don't use it, um oh, 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.320 explain yourself so you don't go back through the loop 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.800 to make it improve. Because here's like the thing that 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.880 to me, because of how that not tightens when you 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.680 pull it back through, sometimes that loop will close on 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:56.720 your tag end, and before the the turns around, your 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:00.920 main line have like seated themselves. So you're saying a 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.160 lot of times and this is just for me, you know, 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:06.120 I shouldn't say it's garbage for everyone. Man, If you're 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:07.880 better at that, I just find that they don't sit 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:11.040 as well. And I find that I guess it kind 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:14.720 of I guess an opening that loop a little bit 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.280 by bringing your tag end back through, you kind of 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:19.320 take some pressure off of it. And I guess it's 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.040 not cutting in so much. But no, no, I wasn't 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:23.840 trying to give you a hard time. It's actually I'm 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:25.920 I was intrigued that you said that because there have 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.520 been articles written right and and some other like really 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.920 hardcore anglers that say the same thing. You don't need 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:37.640 to go back through the loop. I don't think you 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:39.640 need to do that, man. I think it's like a 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.400 I think it depends. Yeah, I think it depends on 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:44.199 what you're tying it with. But my point I was 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.320 gonna say was, even though I've read them and I 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:51.720 probably think that's right, I can't not do it. I can't. 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:53.959 But I can't not go back through the loop. And 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.679 I know other fishermen who read the same thing. They're like, yeah, 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:58.720 but I can't do it. I can't not. It just 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.600 doesn't feel right. I will say before we move off 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.959 of this um. The only time that I tie it 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.600 is if I'm using a clinch shot for some reason 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:10.240 on like a bigger hook that for some like I 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.160 don't want to smell or something like that. Like so 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.319 if if I'm like bait fishing or whatever. But I'm 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:16.640 trying to think of like a good way to wrap 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.400 this up. If I'm using like, if I'm using a 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.360 hook with like a heavy gauge wire and I'm trying 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.240 a clinch shot on it for some reason, I will 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.400 use the improved clinch because the diameter of like the 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:30.319 hook I sometimes your regular clinch will slip a little bit. Well, 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.080 that's that's what it all boils down to, is diameter. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:35.319 In a matter of fact. You know, if if you're 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.600 doing twenty pound tests or heavier, you don't need five 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.080 turns three, I'll do it and we turn clinch on 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:44.200 a heavy saltwater leader. No problems there, No problems there anyway. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:46.480 We'll get off of that now. And I just want 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.960 to reiterate that new you know, it's not that new 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.600 knots aren't cool or good. It's just that I think 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.960 we get obsessed with them. And there's one not in 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:57.160 particular that has really blown up and let's say the 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:00.000 last five six years or so. So we're gonna move 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.040 been to actually a very special tackle hacks for a change, 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.880 UM with Elite series bass pro Carl Jakobsen, who was 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:10.280 here a while ago, UM to discuss this not and 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.600 let's see if he sells you on the merits of 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.360 what I'd considered the second most pain in the ass, 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:22.000 not next to the Biminy twist. I'm getting hacks coming 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:27.520 from inside the City the Blood at joining us today 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:31.839 for tackle hacks. Carl Jocobson is here, uh bass Master 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:36.320 Elite Series angler. You've been on before for smooth moves, 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.560 reminding everybody you were the first Australian angler to qualify 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:43.680 for the bass Master Elite Series. Um. Yeah, Man, whenever 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.480 we have a chance to get like a really high 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.280 caliber bass pro on like yourself, we'd be remiss not 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.640 to get a tackle hack, because, i mean, bass is 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.480 America's fish. We have a lot of anglers that chase bass. 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.880 So I'm always so curious to hear uh tips from 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:58.800 from guys like yourself to do this for a living 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.959 with everything on the line, with all the pressure, something 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.240 that that you have in your repertoire, you lean on 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:08.600 a lot that can just make Joe Weekend Angler a 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.600 better bass fisherman. Man. The floor is yours, Coral, Yeah, 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.760 no doubt. Um, thanks having us on. I think the 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.480 best one for me is we talked about it before, 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.280 is the f G knot And that's a question that 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.520 we get asked a lot is braid to leader, what 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:24.640 not to tie? How do you tie it? Should you 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:27.880 use straight through fluora carbon, when do you use braid um? 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.080 But the FG not sort of eliminates a lot where 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.439 you can get the best of both worlds. And it's 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.440 a difficult not to tie, but if you learn it, 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.000 it's sort of worth it. And the reason is it's 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.680 a platt so a lot of braid leader knots um 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:42.959 that will be the weakest point in your line and 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.160 a lot of people lose. You know, you go out there, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.000 you spend all that money and and to go out 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.120 and fish, and then you lose that trophy fish of 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.080 that fish that you've been chasing for the whole time 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:55.040 because of a failed knot is not a good feeling, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.319 and it happens all the time to so many So um, 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.520 learning a good braid lee to n is key and 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.560 being able to use big long leaders. When you do so, 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.280 you kind of get the best of both worlds. You 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:10.800 get that stretch um and the allow on their bait 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.160 to to move naturally with a big long fluori carbon leader. 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.480 But then getting the feel and the hook set and 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:19.920 everything of having braid and the and the lightness of braid. 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.760 You know, the castability and everything that comes along with trade. 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.760 So the f G knot is a platid knot that 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.600 is very thin and long. The break the fluora carbon 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.440 does not turn. It stays straight, so it flies through 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:36.840 your guides super smooth. It doesn't catch and break your 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:39.600 lure off or just have a one of those ones 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.600 where you cast in your bait just slams the water, 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.880 which happens a lot with the leader. It just eliminates that. 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.200 Then it's a hundred percent not strength UM, so you 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.840 get um, that's not the weakest point in your line anymore. 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.920 It's actually the strongest point. It's going to break everywhere else. 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.640 And generally what I found when I started tying it 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.839 is I like to improve my not to my lure then, 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:02.680 but because that was where the point was breaking. And 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.520 so I've done it now to where I don't know 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.960 where it's gonna break. When I get snagged, usually straighten 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.040 as the hook or break somewhere on the loudest part 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:13.079 of the later um. Although you know, usually dawn need 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.120 the bite where it's like being roughed up or something 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.439 like that. So for me it would be learned that 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.319 f J not in a good not to your bite, 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.360 and uh, you'd be enjoying fishing bride later a little better. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.400 I'm actually really pumped you you brought up this not 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.559 because it's an interesting topic. First of all, if I'm 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:32.040 not mistaken, it was the Australian anglers that popularized that not. 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.040 I mean I remember, like five six years ago in 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.160 the saltwater scene, nobody was talking about the f G 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.360 and all of a sudden, I do a lot of 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:41.880 saltwater fishing. You see like that is everybody will tell 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:45.359 you that is now the only not worth using. Um. 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:47.880 I use it a ton to saltwater fish, like tune 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:49.920 in stuff. But here's my issue with it, And maybe 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:53.320 you have a quick add on to fix this. I 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.400 love it, but I need to set up all my 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.720 rods tonight before to be out there doing all that 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.280 plating and crossing over. But and if something does break, 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:02.560 or if I have to do one on the water 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.880 while we're rocking around in six foot seas, I always 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.600 feel like it's too difficult of a not to do 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.320 properly in those conditions. But I know some guys are 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:13.559 very good at tying them faster. Like, is there people 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:15.440 people listening. It's one you've got to look up on 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.000 YouTube because it's very hard to explain how to tie it. 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:20.720 But once they understand that, is there anything that comes 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.560 to mind that like makes you tie that knot quicker 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:27.320 and smoother on the water, it's actually pretty easy. People 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:30.560 get too caught up making it look with making it 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:38.960 look they not easy to explain why. Sorry, it's easy 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:43.400 to um, but people try and get caught up with 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.440 making it look pretty, and that's what happens. They want 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.800 it to look perfect and they want all the plats. 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.600 But the truth is the second that you've done five 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.560 uh plats, that's the knot it's done. Like all the 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:59.240 rest of it is just is nothing. The not, the 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.640 strength of the not is in those first five to 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.800 ten plats. And so you guys gonna have a laugh 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.280 at my expense, but I'm going to take that to 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.120 the bank because when these things first came out, it's 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.320 like you have to do cross and you're our mouth 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.360 there with the thing in my mouth for five minutes 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.960 trying on one leader. You don't have to have a 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.960 certain amount, but the not strength is in those first 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.240 few plats. So you get them correct, then just plat 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.960 it and then half hitch it to finish it off 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.240 and just do don't get crazy. They want to do 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.440 all the different types of ones to make it like 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:36.360 looks like it's a needle point. And that's the way 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.840 I do it the night before. But during the tournament, 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:40.840 I can tie it as quicker than anyone can tie 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:42.680 night Like. I sit on the leader, I pull it up, 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.720 it's around my fingers. I'm like platting it and half 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:47.280 hitching it and I'm winding it up and I tie 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.600 it all the time. But the thing that most people 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.520 don't get is if you tie it the night before 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.520 with a leader and bass fishing, you won't have to 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:58.200 retie the next day because it won't break. It'll break 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:00.000 down near the knot and you'll be able to read 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.320 tay and you can retail. I dropped shots and as 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:04.320 many as a lot because you can fish a huge 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.240 long laid on not run adelaida to where you're having 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.240 to ry toy like during a tournament. It's rare that 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:13.040 I have to toy and fj during the tournament. That 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:16.600 is a fantastic tip from Carl. He knows more about 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:20.320 f gns than I do. So listen to him learned 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:23.240 the knot and then practice tieing it quick because you 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:30.760 since that one upright, it is pretty strong. I definitely 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.200 didn't spend an hour trying to learn that not at 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:36.640 my desk. Right after we recorded that. I actually know 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:40.240 you didn't, because right after that we were online together 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.960 and you fired up a tutorial video on the f 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.480 G on your phone, and as I recall, you watched 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.000 it for thirty five seconds and said, you guys are 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.320 such dorks. And by you guys, you must have meant 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:54.240 serious anglers that care to know more than your favorite 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:58.440 clinch knot. That's the way I interpreted that response. I 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.800 did say that it was too many steps. Man. It's 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.000 like again, if I wanted to spend all my time 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:09.280 tying knots crochet. Yeah, see I I waver right, Like 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.280 when it first got popular. I tried it and I 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.679 liked it, and I actually got made fun of for it, 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:15.720 like guys on the boat like give me a hard time, 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.399 like you know, insisting that the unit to UNI or 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.480 Alberta not we're you know, we're better braid to leader connections. 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:26.720 I wouldn't know, I know, but that's okay, um, But 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.880 I will say that after that chat with Carl, I'm 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:32.119 starting to lean back into it a tiny bit for 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.920 things I normally wouldn't write, like I only used it 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.960 um in offshore salt water. But after that talk, I 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:39.800 went on that brown trout trip that you missed that 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.120 we talked about last week, and I got to think 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:43.760 it about it, and I'm like, why not? You know 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:45.760 what I mean, it's not gonna hurt. It can't hurt. 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.840 I did. I did because I'm using stick baits and 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:53.320 and fifteen pound leader because we're angling for big fish. 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:57.680 Did you notice, like, was it smoother? Well, it's always 0:17:57.720 --> 0:17:59.920 that was the whole thing. It is smoother to cash 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.480 to right, it slides through your guides. Nice. There was 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:06.399 nothing to notice because I didn't break off. But I 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:08.399 didn't break off the last time I did it with 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:11.480 a different knot. So it's it's not really something that's 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:16.399 like that's tangible, but it's just, um, I don't know, 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.440 maybe that little bit more confidence that like if a 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.639 you knowty Brown comes out and tanks that it's not 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:23.280 going to snap it off with a connection. It is 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:26.320 a very very solid knot, you know, right right, and regardless. 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:28.600 You know tying most of the time, if you know 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:31.399 how to do it, Tying a more complicated knot is 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:35.040 not going to hurt. It couldn't possibly hurt unless you 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:38.600 were to tie wrong right, I probably would. But what 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.639 is going to hurt is me crushing you Joe. In 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:50.240 this week's installment of fish News, Fish News that escalated quickly. 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:53.000 So before we kick in the news, I just want 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:56.439 to say that we got some some really nice notes 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:01.080 about the bent helpline, and um, I just wanted to 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:05.000 thank you guys again for so many great questions, and 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:07.240 I did you know we mentioned when we kicked it 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:08.760 off that we've gotten a ton right, and we're not 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:11.040 going to get to all of them, but I did. 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.800 I did just want to read a few very quickly 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:17.280 from Neil angling. Okay. He he wrote in with like 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:20.400 a laundry list of questions. And the only reason I'm 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.480 doing this is because these are ones that will absolutely 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.840 not make a bent Helpline segment, like there's not a chance, 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.640 but there's still fun and I appreciate them. So, um, 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:39.719 Neil asks who's more punk, g g Allen or Lemmy? Now? Why? Well, okay, 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:42.679 did you really want my like longhand answer on this 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:48.480 or you wanted like short and sweet, short and sweet please? Well, uh, 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:52.159 g Allen did what iggy pop meant to do with 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:58.440 the peanut butter. Right. If you guys know G. G Allen, 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.840 you'll know what I mean there. Yeah. G g Allen 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:03.879 was famous for like taking a poop on stage and 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:06.600 throwing it at the audience and like smearing himself with it. 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:10.040 Yeah yeah, Now. Let Me, on the other hand, was 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:15.520 initially in a band called Hawkwind, and Hawkwind was like 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:19.760 more like of a psychedelic sort of bent. Yeah, let 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:22.320