Shad you are correct about he knot but I don't think you or Ohio understand the fluoro leader that SRT8 is talking about. THis leader is not a leader to protect against being bitten off by toothy critters, it is a leader about 6 to 20 ft long that is used so that the fish won't see the braid. it is tied line to line using a uni to uni or other knot. The actual knot, when finished is very small and can pass through the eyes of the rod on casts. There is no medal snap or swivel in this kind of a setup. You can use a mono leader or fluoro leader. I use the same setup as SRT and I bet there are hundreds of others here who do as well. Braid with a fluoro leader.
When I used to use mono it was always Trilene XL (but i don't do it anymore)