Very interesting post Snagly, I was thinking I was the only one out in the garage tying and breaking knots. Thanks for the link in your other line post,I like to see what the pro line breakers come up with. It seems there is a bit of game playing with line ratings. It's like comparing 15# maxima @.016 to 17# gamakatsu @ .014. Your comment about wet vs. dry knot strength got me thinking. I might have to do some underwater testing...After fooling around stretching and breaking line, the one thing I don't do anymore is break off snagged gear by pulling the line on the reel. If at all possable ,I wrap the line around a stick as close to the snag as I can get and break it off by pulling on the stick. The line from the stick to the snag gets cut off and put in my pocket. I have found that pulling on a line at even half of it's # test rating severly weakens it.