joining line

[stan_133]

i'm just wondering what knot you guys use to connect braided line to a fluorocarbon leader?

[Spiel]

Double Uni-knot. There's nothing better IMHO.

[Sinker]

uni-uni

[kickingfrog]

A surgeon's knot is one you can use if the lines are not similar in diameter.

[douG]

What Spiel and Sinker said. Your mainline will fail before this knot fails.

Edited December 15, 2009 by douG

[MCTFisher9120]

Double Uni-knot. There's nothing better IMHO.

 

Exactly.

[Eazy]

uni-uni

 

Exactly what I was thining.....powerpro has a pretty good illustation!

[Fishnwire]

I almost always use a #14 swivel and tie both the braid and the fluoro to it using a Trilene knot.

 

http://videofishingknots.com/trilene-knot.html

 

 

I find that the Trilene knot always hold the braid well, a lot of other knots I've tried with braid tend to slip. The swivel is good for reducing line twist but don't cheap out when you buy them. The only real problem is if the length of your leader is longer than a couple of feet the swivel wrecks your eyes as it passes through them.

[Garnet]

Triple Surgeons Knots works every time.

 

Garnet

[Fish4Eyes]

Look inside the small booklet that power pro comes with, they give you instructions on the different types of knots, and if I remember correctly they recommend one of them for tying braid to floro. I always keep this small booklet in my boat storage compartment, very handy.

[GBW]

I've never had a problem with the Double Uni-knot

[bubbles]

Another Vote for Uni-Uni

[bassjnkie]

I use the Triple Surgeons Knot or the Double Uni knot and never had the knots slip.

[Leecher]

I conquer...... Uni to uni hands down!!!

Leechman

[Whitespinnerbait]

Just wondering............

 

Did anybody mention Uni-Uni ........

[HTHM]

Once again for your viewing pleasure:

http://www.animatedknots.com/purchase.php?...imatedknots.com

[irishfield]

I almost always use a #14 swivel and tie both the braid and the fluoro to it using a Trilene knot.

 

I find that the Trilene knot always hold the braid well, a lot of other knots I've tried with braid tend to slip. The swivel is good for reducing line twist but don't cheap out when you buy them. The only real problem is if the length of your leader is longer than a couple of feet the swivel wrecks your eyes as it passes through them.

 

You'll learn one day... probably the hard way... that the Trilene knot will slip and undo with braid. I learned the hard way... 'till Lew set me straight with the simple Palomar knot for braid. Still use the Trilene for mono.

Edited December 16, 2009 by irishfield

[Sinker]

Trilene won't slip all the way thru with braid if you melt the end off. The melted end gets stuck.

[Fishnwire]

You'll learn one day... probably the hard way... that the Trilene knot will slip and undo with braid. I learned the hard way... 'till Lew set me straight with the simple Palomar knot for braid. Still use the Trilene for mono.

 

I've never been a big polomar knot guy...I know its a good one to know but I've never bothered to remember it. I really should I guess. I used to use a clinch knot or improved clinch when I fished mono but found they slipped with braid. Once I started using the Trilene I've had no problems with slippage. You need to put at least 5 or 6 twists in it, and fed the tag end through the loops in the right direction relative to your twists, but other than that I haven't had any problems.

 

Choice of knot aside, I'm surprised more guys don't seem to use swivels to attatch the leader to mainline. I'm going to try going swivel-less in favour of uni to uni and see what I'm missing.

[Vanselena]

florida no knot

[kickingfrog]

Choice of knot aside, I'm surprised more guys don't seem to use swivels to attatch the leader to mainline. I'm going to try going swivel-less in favour of uni to uni and see what I'm missing.

 

I use a swivel sometimes when I'm jigging and my mono or flouro leader is not more than 18inches long or so. It can be hard on your tip top eye if you reel the swivel into it, and I hate casting with a lot of line hanging off the end of my rod tip.

[irishfield]

Choice of knot aside, I'm surprised more guys don't seem to use swivels to attatch the leader to mainline. I'm going to try going swivel-less in favour of uni to uni and see what I'm missing.

 

All my rigger rods are done that way... lure.. then a high quality swivel snap on 6 or 7 feet of mono for shock absorbtion, then a high quality tiny swivel and then the power pro to the reel.

[Mike01]

Uni- Uni, I use it all the time, even for saltwater fishing. Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy to tie.

[stan_133]

thanks guys for all the input guy. too bad i gotta wait so long now to put my new knowledge to the test.