I suppose what ever one has confidence in.The FG knot has once again proven to be the strongest direct braid to fluoro connection while having the added bonus of being the slimmest of them all since the leader line never doubles over.Yes, the best thing about fishing is that it is a continual quest for learning. Catch more fish in less timeAnd the two most commonly requested knots were hands down where as follows:Note: I have no idea if the UV knot sense is a hard-bodied material that is prone to cracking or not, so that may not be an issue in this case.Luke, I have really enjoyed ( and learned a lot from) your knot tests.
Example, 50# braid to 65# flouro (seaguar), catch a big skipjack no problem on a top popper, 4-5 minutes to bring him in with rod bent over. I just checked out that figure 8 loop knot and my first impression is that it’ll be a bit stronger than the kreh loop knot and probably even the Rapala loop knot too since it doubles up on overhand knot at the beginning (that is typically the point where the Kreh and Rapala give way so the added support should help).There are several versions of the GT knot out there… and all of them that I’ve tried do not compare to the FG knot. I’ll admit that, in smaller strength test (20# or 30#), I also add in a single half hitch of fluoro onto the braid after doing the above sets of doubles using the braid and then add a few more doubles using the braid for good measure. But when fishing waters with snook and tarpon (which I most always am), I bump the leader up to 30 lb because they both can rub through 20 lb leader even if they are just in the upper-20 inch range (and a 40+ inch of either species would undoubtedly break off if it didn’t get hooked perfectly).The failure point in all of my tests was the braid (not the fluoro) because the braid is the weaker of the two lines given that it’s just a 10 lb rating vs. the 30 lb leader.
And the break has to occur to know for sure which one is strongest because it’s just a guess otherwise.You tie it same as shown here, but then, using the braid, double half hitch just braid, double half hitch just fluoro, then double half hitch both (I do a couple extra after snipping end of fluoro as Luke showed too. And when I get stuck on the bottom and have to break off, the break almost always occurs at the loop knot at the end of my fluoro since it’s breaking strength is lower than the lighter braid.2. In a nail knot tying video I watched on YouTube, one connection they recommended was using two overlapping, three turn nail knots to connect tippet to leader, or to join two lines. Someone showed me an addition. If so, the friction from it hitting the guides is likely causing some damage to it.I have tried to tie FG about 3 times and it was always pulled off mono leader with almost no tension at all. Its popularity is due to this knot’s ability to be tied to pretty much any type of line with varying differences in diameters.I recommend all anglers to test their knots before using them… if just relying on a fish pull test, that opens the door to losing a fish of a lifetime to learn that a knot wasn’t as strong as it could have been when that lesson could have easily been learned on land in a controlled test.I do not like to use any sort of glue on my knots for 2 reasons: 1) I don’t want to have to wait for it to dry to start fishing, and 2) there is often more risk than reward when glue gets involved because many types of glue will crack when under pressure leaving sharp edges of glue that can end up damaging the line as the knot constricts under pressure.A properly set drag will ensure that whichever knot is being used can catch big fish… the big difference comes when having to yank a fish(or snagged lure) out of structure where its all about standing up to the tension load (FG has a 20%+ advantage for all of the lines I’ve tested it out with so far).To test the breaking strengths of these two knots, I tied each of them to a single strand of line and then applied steady pressure until the weaker of the two broke (and I did this a total of 5 times to have a decent sample of results).For example, when targeting trout and redfish, which often require a minimum of 20 lb fluoro, I’ll use a rod with 10 lb braid.
I’ll be testing it with 10 wraps of the braid side unless you specify a different count.So we’re going to make sure to use the same amount of wraps for each one in order to see which one is best.Here’s what you’ll receive today when you join:These two knots are extremely similar. It can never be mastered, and there are always new things to learn.What do you think of tying a half hitch or tie with the braid tag end to finish off the alberto?Whatever works for whatever set up one uses and has confidence in use it.So this post is going to cover exactly that… first, we’ll put the Albright knot against the Alberto knot.Please know that I am not taking any offense to your constructive feedback. Haven’t had any slip since. We terminated the tag ends by tying simple overhand loops on the ends and wrapping the line multiple times around 1″ dowels with an exposed screw head on the dowel to hook the loop over.