Alberto Knot

[jureal]

Boy, MrBill, you lost me on this one. This is a Bimini? It takes me less than a minute to tie a bimini but not the way you described it??????? I guess I don't have enough imagination to follow through on your explanation.

[MrBill]

I'll do one and take photo's. It's a true bimini. Just my way of doing it. I'm sure the pictures will aid in my above description. At home when I tie the long doubles, I do a loop around one bedroom door knob then run it to another door knob down the hallway to get my length and start my turns.

[Fishhead56]

1 to 2 min for a short Bimini. no prob for me either.

left hand to hold the loop, right to make and spread the twist and teeth to feed the tag end on the reverse wrap.

It take me as long to tie in the finishing half hitches as it does to

make the twist.

Keeping tension on the main line is the important step for me.

Used to waste time finding a place to set a rod to keep this tension.

While sitting.
I've standardised by setting the rod\reel behind me with the rod laying forward over my left sholder and the tip about 2 feet above my head.

[SkeeterRonnie]

i can tie a bimini pretty quick by using the wrap around my foot (with shoe on!).. but they suck and always break! the line always cuts itself. I dont like the bimini.

[fishr1989]

alberto's knot is great!! i started using it this summer and was really impressed

[TeamOso]

i can do the double bimini for marlin in about 3minutes but its not 14ft long and its not very pretty yet, still trying to perfect it ive almost used up a whole spool of 60lb trying to get it just right for this summer!

[MrBill]

Jureal,

I hope these pictures help with what I was trying to explain in my above post. Let me first say that it is very very difficult to try and take pictures of yourself tying a knot. It's almost impossible to hold the twist tight with one hand and hold a camera in the other. The pictures aren't that great, but I think they will help.

I don't tie the bimini with the half hitches to close off the knot. I was taught this method in the pictures by Gunsmoke in high school. That's when he had the patients to teach. I've been tying it for years and I am comfortable and confident with the results. It's been very reliable for me.

[MrBill]

I always glue the braid bimini after tying. Here's the finished knot. I then tie my leader with a "No Name, bristol, or Yucatan". I think all three are the same. With practice, the 12 turn bimini can be done under a minute. Speed isn't the issue. A precise knot is more important than a rushed knot. Get comfortable with your knots and stick with them.

[Ragman]

Thanks for reminding of the Alberto knot MrBill!

I'll practice it to see if I can tie it quicker/better to replace my current method.

[Yonkey]

This Alberto knot looks nice and strong knot in very short time. However, do you think that this is strong enough for 15lb line and 30lb leader light jigging setup? Thanks for advise.