Quote Originally Posted by scrat View Post
Do anyone use loop knots for tying jigs on lines. When and for what reasons. I mostly use polmar knots but could see where a loop knot would let the jig hang differently.
The only time I use a loop knot is when tying up leaders for Spider Rigging or Pushing jigs ... and the loop knot is on the end that connects to the clip on the end of the main line (jig is on the other end of the leader).
I tie my jigs to leaders, or the main line (mono or braid) with an Improved Clinch Knot ... same as I have since I started fishing, over 50yrs ago.

Now, if the braid is new or still very slick, I will tie a double Granny knot at the tag end ... then tie the Improved Clinch, and slowly cinch it down, then pull on it until the line slips and the Granny knot is pulled up against the Improved Clinch knot & stops the slippage.

I don't do a lot of vertical jigging or dead stickin' with my jigs, so I'm not all that concerned with the jig always being in a horizontal position. And the speed of retrieve, rod tip movement, or boat speed will constantly change the angle of the jig to a rising or diving attitude ... which IMHO is just as natural as a constant horizontal position, if not more natural (considering how a baitfish reacts to being approached by a predator).