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I was interested in the the general concensus on attaching a flurocarbon leader to braid. I'm using green powerpro braid and Fireline, both 10lb. I have a spool of 14lb Vanish and use the the standard double uni-knot. Five twists on the braid and and four on the fluro? or four and three? I want adequate strength without the the speed bumps slowing acceleration. Would a smaller test leader be the answer?
I'm doing a comparison between Power Pro and and Fireline, wear and castability. The Fireline seems to have the edge.

Try an albright knot. Instructions are on the little paper inside the Powerpro box. 25-30 wraps of the braid on the mono is what you need.

Nathan

Uni to Uni!

I use a Back to Back Uni knot

Thx Chalk-

Blood knot. Tag ends are on the inside of the knot so it doesn't pick up grass, and moves thru guides without notice.
http://www.animatedknots.com/bloodknot/ ... dknots.com

I do an uni on both to a swivel. 5 twists on each.

Chalk wrote:I use a Back to Back Uni knot

That's the best I have found. I guess great minds think alike.

Reel Cowboy wrote:

Chalk wrote:I use a Back to Back Uni knot

That's the best I have found. I guess great minds think alike.

Your from Moultrie, I expect no less, my stomp'n grounds

Square not with a bow "cause it's pretty

I use a modified version of this. But instead of a loop, I have my flouro and braid together and tie it just like this and clip off the excess. Its quick.



Mine looks more like this.

Some of the strongets knots for this use are the bimini twist to the yucatan or no name knot. Another strong knot is the Alberto (double albright). The problem with braid is the slippage factor. You generally have to make twice the twist as mono to keep it from slipping. To test this, wet the brai with five turns and pull against something solid. It will usually slip every time. Florida Sportsman magazine produced a knot testing article a couple of years ago on braid knots and really opened my eyes.

I found this knot online....and I was amazed at how small it was and how good it held... took me a time or 2 to understand it but one I got it figured out, it is a great knot to attach braid to mono.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clHNRQ2drBg

i use a sebile knot there is no knot in the flurocarbon it is real smooth