Let it all hang loose!.. Or maximum, clip tail-end spliced eye (..end) to harness (somewhere convenient) Never had a problem I couldn't flick/tug/ or snap out.
...less kit + less loops = less snags!
64 babies nappies!..(used) in a plane tree under a block of flats in a particularly nasty neighbourhood in south of France... Also remember finding (almost) full set of pots and pans in a tree when I was a kid!
Try a "Knut Froppe" hitch or something like that. Stays tighter on the line for longer, but as with any friction hitch, it'll work loose if you don't keep an eye on it.