are “100%” knots regardless of the line used. No responsibility is accepted for incidents arising from the use of this content. My issue is that, although I read every “knot test” I can find, those tests never test the braid-to-leader connection we use. Going by what the denier says, I own 30 spools of bad line, and I seem to keep purchasing more!Hay Luke, I’m still waiting for a response to my original post. I got a little bleary eyed reading all the comments and responses. Lefty Kreh is perhaps the best known and most respected fly casting instructor and fly fishing author in the world. However, I find that, because the eye of the lure is moving against the leader that has passed through it, it chafes that line after so many casts. And it is cinch only, not a loop or anything I’d try using to tie line to line….As for the line. First, I use 80# braid for mainline–300 yds. The tag ends are secured by the loop knots so the knot cannot capsize. Didn’t you see it more than once to make you wonder?
After using 50# and 65#, I settled on 80# because the breaking strength of braid is much more inconsistent than mono. But all the splice knot tests which I have read involve lighter braid to heavier leader which is the reverse of what we use. Fast and strong, and according to the fly fishing pamphlet, also stronger than the line. You pass the leader through the eye of the hook and tie a loose overhand slip knot in the tag end.
Amy other knots you like for heave line.
Physics.I would like to see a strength and durability comparison between the FG knot and the Modified FG knot .How does a fluorocarbon leader inserted into hollow core braid with DaHo hollow threading and reverse latch needles compare to PR Bobbin Knot and the FG Knot? I just installed 30 lb braid (with .26 diameter; blue label fluoro 30 lb .21 dia) on a new Shimano Tranx 200 (6.2 gear ratio) and I’m confident the no knot connection will not slip. The fish-n-fool knot and the duncan knot are both variations of the Uni knot… fnf is just the uni knot with an extra wrap around the hook, and the duncan is a uni knot that it pulled snug around the line to form a loop.For tests that I’ve done for my personal use, I focused on Fluorocarbon line, which is a specific type of mono.2. Yes, the knot was still on the eye, but sometimes the knot had a double wrap of line still around the eye and sometimes only one leg still holding the knot on.“there is no such thing as a 100% knot…” Funny that people who don’t know how to tie a 100% knot will always say this! So I’m always open to suggestions and will quickly adjust this article whenever something I claimed proves to be incorrect.Either way, the FG knot will definitely be stronger than it because the FG proved to be over 30% stronger than the Albright when I tested those two against one another.Sorry for getting off-topic, but braid knots that can act like +100% are integral to +100% mono rigs.Hi guys…I need advice. But, after reading your article, I started wasting line again!The Snell knot also gives us Texas rigged bass guys the “kick” at hook set.