I have seen the history of knots portrayed in terms of Berkley supposedly further improving on the improved clinch knot by threading the line through the eye twice, instead of once, and calling this knot the Trilene knot. However, there is another difference between the Trilene knot and the original improved clinch knot. In the Trilene knot the tag end of the line is threaded through the coiled line just above the eye and then tightened. In the improved clinch knot the tag end is threaded through the first loop above the eye and then through the big loop before tightening.

Has anyone tried combining the methods of the improved clinch knot and the Triline knot? I have been testing a knot in which the line is threaded through the eye twice (Triline method) and, after threading the tag end through the coiled line, then also threading through the big loop before tightening (improved clinch knot method). This knot has performed well in tests at home and survived a nasty snag in the kelp. However, because of the inconsistency of the Berkely scale that I use to test the knot strengths I do not have clear evidence of the relative strengths of my knot, the Trilene knot, and the improved clinch knot, all of which seem, in my not very accurate tests, to perform fairly well.

Am I missing something here. I would like some opinions.

Thanks.