![]() What is the advantage of having the leader long enough to have a couple wraps on the spool? I have always went braid to swivel to comfortable casting length mono or fluoro leader. Learn to tie your 'new' favorite knot with The Fisherman's New England edition editor Dave Anderson. ![]() Start by taking your hair down the middle, gathering the braids, and wrapping them to the shape of your head in one. However, a knot that breaks as low as 67 percent or so in 20-pound braid still offers as much actual strength as a 100 percent mono knot. I tie a swivel at the end of the 60# leader attached to the weight and a short 20# mono to the hook. Instead, she recommended wrapping your braids as you would a silk press. I am using a much bigger rod with bigger guides so the knot going through is not really an issue. For instance, if my casting weight is 5 ounces then my leader would be 60# at least length and half of my rod with several wraps around spool to a FG knot to my 30# braid. If I am bait fishing and throwing heavy weights that exceed my braid breaking weight then I will use a stronger leader, FG knot to the braid and the leader will be long enough to go a few wraps around the spool so the leader takes the strain from the casting weight. I may or may not tie a swivel at the end of the leader to the lure or I may just tie a loop knot to my lure. Unlikely I will cast a 3 ounce lure where I fish. ![]() It works with different diameters of the 2 lines. It is used when attaching a supple braid to a stiff fluorocarbon in a Combi. Double Uni and short enough leader to keep the knot outside my guides for lure fishing so long as my braid and leader breaking weight is above my lure weight, for example a 1 ounce lure to minimum 10# mono and braid weight, 2 oz lure to minimum 20# mono and braid weight. I tend to use 30# braid and tie it to a short 20# mono leader so if it snags or too big a fish it will break at the knot. It joins the mainline to the leader and can be used for mono to mono, (mostly) braid to mono and braid to fluorocarbon connections. The Albright Knot is a simple and easy knot to tie once you have got the hang of it.
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