Joining Leader to Main Line
 

There has been discussion on this board before on which knot to use when tying a leader. The popular choice was Uni to Uni but I believe there are other knots out there that may be as good or better with particular leader/line combinations. I have recently changed 2 reels over to PP and lost several baits from failure of the braid to leader. If you use the Uni-Uni, how many wraps with the braid and how many with the leader and what size?
I am going to experiment with the Albrite knot on the reel with braid since it is primarily used with swim baits. It hurts too much to see a brand new Fat Boys sailing into the lake with no line attached.:pissed: Will be using mono to floro until I can figure out what I am doing wrong and tying a double surgeon's knot.

Your knot has to be really clean when joining braid to flouro. And its really hard to tie on thicker flouros like >15lb; they slip more. Try slowly setting your knot by pulling all the tag ends as the knot sets to ensure tight clean wraps.

i use the uni - uni knot with my pp to fluro. i tie the fluro loops first and do 5 wraps then the pp and i will do 3-5 wraps i have never lost a fish due to knot failure make sure when you do your loops/twists that the tag end that youwill be making the loops with is on top of the other and pointing away from the knot kinda hard to explain

does everyone use floro when fishing with corkys?

i used it with the sinking devil model , i dont use fluro on topwaters cuz it sinks but i still use braid but with a mono leader so it i was using a leader with a corky floater i guess it would be mono

Wasn't that a "yes or no" question? :smokin:

suck it!:cool:

I never can trust my line to line knots. I started using a very small swivel to go from braid or mono to a floro leader. Seems to work fine and you dont get any line twist.

Try a drop of super glue on any not you tie . I use loctite super gel not as messy as the glue . Will not weaken the line.

always use floro offshore never inshore yall think it makes a diff?

yes

yes

u spool your reel with floro or put a 2 ft piece on the end of your line

power pro + 6-7ft fluro leader

cool thanks for the info.

Me, either. I lost a big fish cause my line-to-line knot came undone. I've tied directly to the bait ever since.

what kind of knot did u tie salty?

I'm not sure. It was one my buddy used so I tried it. Only thing is...it musta not been intended for Power Pro. The only reason I tried it is because it's almost impossible to work a Spook with Power Pro tied to it.

double uni.....3 or 4 wraps max.

Too many and your knot gets too big. And it breaks as it travels through the eyes of your rod.