hitch for a spider's leg

[Pete Bannister]

I'm thinking of trying an icicle hitch for a 11mm (ish) ‘spider’s leg’ balancer line back to my 16 mm lowering line for some medium limbs.

 

Its a one-off for me and probably not worth investing in a long spliced eye

 

Anyone have advice on suitable hitches for the application?

 

 

thanks

[sloth]

The trusty prussic

[Paul Smith]

Klemhiest.

[Pete Bannister]

thanks guys

Sloth

I was trying to avoid connectors and other knots in the leg.

A prussic would mean adding a connection and a knot in the leg ( to connect to the connector). But it would'nt require any extra thought to perform it..which is always good

 

Paul

That's certainly less of a memory drain than tying and icicle hitch is for me. A klemhiest would also involve adding a connector and a knot..unless you just form a big open loop with a knot in the leg and tie the klemhiest with that?

 

What do you use?

 

cheers

Pete

[welwell]

Used one the other day with Klemhiest. Worked a treat. Really impressed.

[paddyvero]

Blakes? Open Prussic?

[onelab]

Split tail with BIG eye and a klemheist

[mistahbenn]

Blake's hitch! Why over complicate things?

[Pete Bannister]

Must say, I 'd like to go with Blake's hitch.

Do you find it holds ok for higher loads Mistahbenn?

I heard somewhere that its prone to slipping at higher loads..but maybe that's when tied on same section line

thanks

[tree-fancier123]

just wondering about this myself - Mistahbenn or anyone - is the Blake's ok to hold a spiderleg (of say 2mm less dia than rigging line).

Also if you were to tie a large eye in end of intended spiderleg rope to enable tying the klemheist, what knot to tie the eye? (need to get splicing really)