The whole chain, not one knot.
Every other mode here answers one junction. Nobody fishes one junction. Lay out what is actually on the reel and this scores each connection in it and names the part that gives first — which, more often than anybody expects, is a length of line rather than a knot.
The chain
Main line
Leader
Where it gives first
Not enough is known about this rig to say where it gives first. Rate the lines either side of a junction and any connection with a published retention figure gets compared against them.
Main line
Braid · not rated
Double Uni Knot
no published retention figure, so this junction cannot be put on the scale
Leader
Fluorocarbon · not rated
Palomar Knot
no published retention figure, so this junction cannot be put on the scale
Hook
The end of the chain.
What could not be measured
Most published knot-strength percentages have no test behind them, so this instrument carries a figure for 17 connections out of 91 and refuses to invent the rest. Where a junction has no number, that is what this says.
- ·Main line to Leader: the lines either side are not both rated.
- ·Leader to Hook: the lines either side are not both rated.
- ·Main line: no rating given, so it cannot be compared.
- ·Leader: no rating given, so it cannot be compared.
Every junction
Main line to Leader
Level with Slim Beauty Knot on weighted field fit (Strong). It is printed first on a faster retie (fast against moderate) — not because it fits better
Sport Fishing's IGFA-lab challenge reports that uni knots to a leader 'scored pretty low' but publishes no figure for them, so there is no number to record.
Leader to Hook
Level with Uni Knot on weighted field fit (Strong). It is printed first on alphabetical order, which is the last thing left when nothing separates them — not because it fits better
The famous 'Palomar is a 100% knot' claim dead-ends in publisher assertion — NetKnots calls it 'close to being a 100% knot' with no method or sample count — and the one IGFA-lab figure we could read (79.08% on 20 lb braid) is for an entrant's double-loop variant, not the plain knot.