Bob Foran knot

[dtrs5kprs]

Greatly appreciate the info on Gliss. That is very much in line with a lot of reviews on it. Probably not a good finesse line.

[HardHead]

I just started playing around with braid to fluoro last year, uni to uni is the only knot I messed with until now.  I had 10# braid to 6# fluoro and kept breaking off at the knot. Agree, that shaw grigsby knot looks a bit easier to tie than the uni to uni.  Thanks pepe

[GNSfishing]

I've been using braid to fluorocarbon leaders for 4/5 years now, love it. I have tried several knots and have decided that the Albright knot works best for me. The only got you in tying the Albright is you must put the tag end back through the loop the same way that you came through on the start of the knot and be sure to wet the knot before you pull it tight and trim the remaining tag ends. I use this knot on all of my equipment, spinning and casting reels with Nanofil and braid line. I like a color of braid/Nanofil that I can see as I'm a line watcher. Love the no stretch properties of braid, just set your drag tensions accordingly to prevent hook pull out.

[m&m]

I have to say that I have never tied a smaller line to a heavier line, braid or otherwise.  A long time ago someone told me that the weakest point is still the # size of the leader. His philosophy was that if you have 6# line on the whole spool or just the leader and you hook into a large fish you still have to play it as 6# line.  Reading everyone's posts here I'm wondering if you get more hook ups with the smaller leader and do those result in more landings of the fish or more break offs?  I certainly don't need any more help losing fish I have hooked.  I'm just curious.

Mike

[HardHead]

1 hour ago, m&m said:

I have to say that I have never tied a smaller line to a heavier line, braid or otherwise.  A long time ago someone told me that the weakest point is still the # size of the leader. His philosophy was that if you have 6# line on the whole spool or just the leader and you hook into a large fish you still have to play it as 6# line.  Reading everyone's posts here I'm wondering if you get more hook ups with the smaller leader and do those result in more landings of the fish or more break offs?  I certainly don't need any more help losing fish I have hooked.  I'm just curious.

Mike

Personally, I feel rod sensitivity is better with braid to fluoro over strait fluoro.  Add in the fact that a $20 spool 100% fluoro will last a lot longer with braid to fluoro, and I'm sold.  My knot breaks almost exclusively come when trying to get unsnagged.  I've only had the knot snap on a fish one time - and someone else was using my setup.

[m&m]

Hardhead, in 2015 switched to the palomar knot exclusively for Flouro and braid and (knock on wood) I did not have a knot snap on a fish. I also switched to BPS 100% flouro and Seaguar braid so I am not sure which is the reason for the knots holding. I don't think it has anything to do with the small size bass I am catching. lol

Mike

[Hunter53]

16 hours ago, walleye wrangler said:

Try the alberto knot 

+1  that is the knot I use. Easy to tie and is strong.

[Champ188]

4 hours ago, Hunter53 said:

+1  that is the knot I use. Easy to tie and is strong.

Do you use those Talons as a loom when tying these knots?

[dtrs5kprs]

10 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

Do you use those Talons as a loom when tying these knots?

Ha! 

There are some of those knots that would just whip finish me right to the butt seat if I tried them in wind.

[Hunter53]

4 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Ha! 

There are some of those knots that would just whip finish me right to the butt seat if I tried them in wind.

It is always actually windy up here; tying a knot in the breezes they call wind on TR is easy.