You can read this at www.tie-master.com but I figured I would put it here. In lab tests done at Berkeleys lab on their braided line...fireline the tiemaster knot performed flawlessly. On 14lb line the Palomar knot failed at 16.3lbs. On the same 14lb line the tiemaster knot held at 32.8. One day while fishing Sturgeon I hung up on the bottom. I was using 30# Power Pro with the tiemaster knot. I ended up breaking the 6/0 Gami instead of the line...I am sure that it was much more than 30#s of pull on that line...since I had the boat motoring forward!

Jim
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