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> Best Knot For Joining Braid Double To Fluro Leader 60lb+
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post Feb 6 2008, 06:39 PM
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Whats the best knot for this application?
Strongest and the best for wind on?
Thanks in advance
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post Feb 6 2008, 08:01 PM
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QUOTE(VA911 @ Feb 6 2008, 07:39 PM) *

Whats the best knot for this application?
Strongest and the best for wind on?
Thanks in advance
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hey mate, i use an albright with some superglue for extra grab on my doubles (joining 80lb braid to 100lb mono) and havent had any issues as yet. hope it helps.
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post Feb 6 2008, 08:02 PM
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improved albright for me

personally i found double uni thick and would break
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post Feb 6 2008, 08:21 PM
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post Feb 6 2008, 08:44 PM
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Tested variosu knots and the improved allbright came up the goods
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post Feb 6 2008, 09:08 PM
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Hi Vince. The Albright is a pretty good knot. Still you mentioned wind on leaders and the fact that you want to join braid main line to 60lb plus mono leader. An Albright doubles the thickness of the mono in the turned back loop. Try this knot as a mono to braid knot for your wind ons and easier travel thru the guides :-

Tie a three loop uni knot in the mono leader, a full blood in the braid and pull together. The braid will tuck in nicely under the mono and after you tighten the mono up hard, cut the end of the mono as short as you can get it. That way the knot will not take up too much extra space in the line and it will slide thru the rod guides easily without catching.

Using this knot, you can use a longer leader for other applications as well and because you are joining braid main line to mono leader a swivel is not required.

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post Feb 7 2008, 05:22 AM
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Albright or Slim Beauty. Personally, the Albright seems to be to most slender and my preferred. Make sure you use the improved version which wraps up and back before being passed through the loop. Google it and you will find many demonstrations.

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post Feb 7 2008, 04:05 PM
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thanks for the replies guys.
will give them all a go!
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post Feb 7 2008, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE(VA911 @ Feb 7 2008, 05:05 PM) *

thanks for the replies guys.
will give them all a go!
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Make sure that when you trim the tag end ,leave it a little longer and burr the end with a ciggie or a lighter so it doesnt slip when under pressure.

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post Feb 8 2008, 06:23 AM
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i like the bimini to a twisted leader. theres no bulging knot so it doesn't bash through the guides
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post Feb 20 2008, 08:28 AM
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Mate,
Geoff Wilson has one in his books that I've been using for a while now & it works very well. He calls it the and I am not 100% certain of this... the Tony Jones leader knot... specificlly for what you are doing.
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post Feb 20 2008, 12:16 PM
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Yeah... I use that one too or a variation I only know as the Duck Nose knot (and sometimes a similar name that rhymes but is less polite).

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post Mar 5 2008, 08:26 PM
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Have not tried the improved allbright knot but the opposed uni knot works a dream when connecting braid to mono or flurocarbon etc, i have caught 80lb plus cod and have not had this knot come undone, it is not to bulky as to stop it from passing through the guides and as the knot states that it is opposed, so that the knot continually pulls together - not away from each other. Anyway give them all a try and see for yourself, i will give the improved allbright a go myself. Cheers from Gavin.
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post Mar 5 2008, 09:21 PM
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This ripper from Varivas will not fail, and flies thru guides effortlessly. Once tied never forgotten. The key with PE knots is wraps that tie over more wraps and tighten when pressure is applied, a 'cuff' more so than a traditional knot, the load should be spread over the leader rather than concentrated on one point, eg bimini twist, lest you risk slippage or cutting the leader. Midknot is another goodie. Jap jiggers don't use wind-ons, I found out the hard way why: PE will guillotine dacron under extreme pressure even when cat's pawed.thumbdown.gif


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PS. when you cinch down wraps in PE it should darken in colour considerably. That's your clue to a solid connection. thumbup.gif

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post Mar 5 2008, 10:30 PM
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QUOTE(Jigholio @ Mar 5 2008, 10:21 PM) *

This ripper from Varivas will not fail, and flies thru guides effortlessly. Once tied never forgotten. The key with PE knots is wraps that tie over more wraps and tighten when pressure is applied, a 'cuff' more so than a traditional knot, the load should be spread over the leader rather than concentrated on one point, eg bimini twist, lest you risk slippage or cutting the leader. Midknot is another goodie. Jap jiggers don't use wind-ons, I found out the hard way why: PE will guillotine dacron under extreme pressure even when cat's pawed.thumbdown.gif


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PS. when you cinch down wraps in PE it should darken in colour considerably. That's your clue to a solid connection. thumbup.gif

Ohhhh..just got a cold shiver. I read those instructions (No, I can't read japanese) & checked the pics & it looked to me to be exactly what the wife said she would do to me if I left one more old baitfish in the fridge. 1prop.gif

Seriously thou, that looks the goods Jigholio but if you can excuse my ignorance, what exactly is PE & how is it different (If at all) from mono?

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post Mar 5 2008, 10:50 PM
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The yellow line in the picture is braid the japanese call there braid PE and has a rating ie PE 2.5 which from memory is around the 28lb mark. Where we say braid 15lb they just have a single number.
also there rods are rated with a PE number not 10-15kg like here.


As for the knot it looks like a improved albright with a single uni combination
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post Mar 6 2008, 12:58 AM
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ahhh! improved dbbl blood. not real good thru the guides....but unbreakable! none the less!..........
braid to mono, pulled up a whole reef structure once...shouldn't have said that........
put it all back where it was! 1prop.gif

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post Mar 6 2008, 06:28 AM
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Cheers guys

Now I'm more educated & even more in the dark 1prop.gif
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post Mar 7 2008, 04:35 PM
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QUOTE(swordfisherman @ Feb 7 2008, 05:12 PM) *

Make sure that when you trim the tag end ,leave it a little longer and burr the end with a ciggie or a lighter so it doesnt slip when under pressure.

Cheers Stewy

i find by using superglue on the knot itself it helps the knot hold and reduces splipping. not sure if it affects strength but as yet i have had no dramas.
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