Ran right into a fisherman cleaning his fish at a campground recently. But first I need to tell you a story from Barb Waite. The night before Barb’s sister was married, their mother called her into the bedroom for a little talk. Katie Beishline told Nancy, “Don’t ever learn how to clean fish”. (Doesn’t that sound like Katie!?!)
I understand even more Katie’s wise advice after watching Bob Markley, an avid fisherman from Oceanside. He’d been fishing in the High Sierras and having great success. I watched him clean three fish. He is quite a pro and really seems to have a good system. However, I don’t remember a thing!!!! (Katie would be proud!)
Bob did say that his favorite knot to use fishin’ is the Palomar Knot! I didn’t even know there was a Palomar Knot! He suggested I google it, and it does look like a handy knot to learn! We shouldn’t be surprised, named after our favorite mountain!
Palomar Mountain News 
I did a lot of long range fishing for tuna and used the Palomar knot all of the time. I never even thought about the name. The benefit of the knot is that it is “double” knot – two strands of fishing line hold the hook, instead of one strand. However as a knot, it was considered inferior strengthwise to the Trilene knot, another “double”. But the Palomar knot is simpler to learn, faster to tie, and plenty of knot for most fishing situations Fisherman are serious about their knots… Frank
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By: Frank McCarthy on September 18, 2012
at 11:45 am
That is a great story! We should warn all of our daughters about this,
By: Kathy Derengowski on September 18, 2012
at 3:38 am