Leader to braid knot

blowski · Post by **blowski** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:32 pm

Hi guys,
I've grown up always crimping my lures to a bit of mono then crimping to a swivle and then obviously tieing my swivle off to the braid. However I'm being told that I should ditch the swivel and tie braid to Mono directly for both flicking and trawling, but I'm scared my knots won't be strong enough,,,, can anyone tell me what Knott I should use for this? I normally fish 30lb fireline and say 60lb fluro leader... Thanks in advance

seano · Post by **seano** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:36 pm

Look up - fg knot- the best leader to braid knot . An easier and quicker knot is a slim beauty

MOUSE · Post by **MOUSE** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:35 pm

Don't know if this is the same knot or not, but I use an Albright to the double,

Lats · Post by **Lats** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:50 am

I use the slim beauty (with a dab of super glue) and rapala knot to tie the leader to the lure

http://www.fishingdownunder.tv/store/in ... tion_id=36
http://www.steelheader.net/knots/rapala_knot.htm

madmortimer · Post by **madmortimer** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:12 am

Below is a good site for knots. I use the Albright for braid to leader.

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishi ... dknots.com

mako · Post by **mako** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:31 am

The easiest and strongest knot, the IMPROVED albright knot, 7 turns up and 7 turns back, use a soft leader(fluoro carbon is too hard) to allow the braid to 'bite', watch this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9x9JfrqWwg

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:03 am

Slim beauty for me.

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trevor schultz · Post by **trevor schultz** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:01 am

FG only way to go

Fruity · Post by **Fruity** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:30 am

Slim Beauty

pauliee · Post by **pauliee** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:14 pm

slim beauty

cuddlescooper · Post by **cuddlescooper** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:28 pm

Spider hitch Double and a Tom Jones knott. Can be tied in 30 seconds.

FG knott if you have a spare 10 minutes before you go fishing is the better of the two but I don't tie it when i'm on the water as it takes a while to get sorted.

seano · Post by **seano** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:49 pm

cuddlescooper wrote:Spider hitch Double and a Tom Jones knott. Can be tied in 30 seconds.

FG knott if you have a spare 10 minutes before you go fishing is the better of the two but I don't tie it when i'm on the water as it takes a while to get sorted.

2 mins if you practice. There is different ways to tie this knot - one is painfully slow

dannett · Post by **dannett** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:13 pm

seano wrote:
cuddlescooper wrote:Spider hitch Double and a Tom Jones knott. Can be tied in 30 seconds.

FG knott if you have a spare 10 minutes before you go fishing is the better of the two but I don't tie it when i'm on the water as it takes a while to get sorted.
2 mins if you practice. There is different ways to tie this knot - one is painfully slow

So what is the quick method?

seano · Post by **seano** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:53 pm

Put your rod in the holder and tie off your braid to the rail under tension then over , under your leader - hard to explain but much easier and uniform done like this

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:23 pm

For the double I use a 8 turn overhand knot, retains 100% breaking strength in braid.

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