Snig, yep that was me...I was the only one doing the demonstrations, I am on Pro Staff for Power Pro and yes I have been friends with the inventor of the Tie Master for many years. His name is Joe Little.

As for the mono knot. Again, wednesday evening when nobody was around except us vendors I went to the Berkeley knot tester. I only used their Trilene Big Game 10#...the classic clinch knot failed between 7 and 10 pounds. The Tie Master mono knot which is only a two wrap knot had the line breaking at 12.5...the knot did not fail. So yes...it is a great and simple knot to tie with the tool. Take knot failure completely out of the question!

Jim