FishinsMyLife said:
Brine, I saw that knot and tested it out a lot. I either couldn't tie it right (I'm pretty sure I was though) or it would slip after multiple jerks (leader wrapped in one gloved hand, braid main line in the other). The only knot that I couldn't get to slip was the uni to uni, which I'm back to using now.
To make it smoother going through my guides, I tie a half-hitch (like suggested for a Palomar to keep weeds from catching) in the tag end of the leader. That has greatly decreased the catching and resistance going through the guides.
Sorry Man, I'm certain you're not tying it right if it's slipping. By design, the knot can't "slip" if it's tied correctly. Make sure the line comes out of the loop the same way it went in. Sounds easy enough, but I've done that wrong before, and secondly...If you are using smaller line sizes than say 10# test, I would wrap at least 10 turns, maybe 12-14. Don't need more than 14 no matter what the diameter. You may be needing to "tease the coils" to get them to "stack" correctly. What you see in the picture of the knot is what you should get. Also, this knot is meant to be low profile for passing through the guides of long-distance surf casting. The guys website the knot came from does it for a living. The uni to uni was awful the few times I tried it compared to this one. When I trim the knot, there is no tag. Just like the pic. I've used it on line diameters ranging from 6# to 60#. This knot excels at joining two lines of
unequal diameter. If both line sizes are the same I'm sure there are equal/better.
Another testament to the knot. Saturday, I went fishing with this knot on 20# braid and 12# floro and probably got hung 20 times on timber (Russ can correct me if I'm wrong). I was using a 1/0 Gammy EWG, and never broke off (even when I wanted too). The hook would straigten out before the knot/line broke, or in one case, the whole **** tree would come in with it. :lol:
All that said, knots are alot like fishing lures. Confidence is half the battle, and the other half is proper technique. My experience says that this is the best knot for me. I am confident in it, it has proven to be reliable for the past 7 years, and it ties in less than a minute.
Stick with whatever works, but I would encourage you to exhaust your efforts with this one. The day someone shows me one better, I'll switch.