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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11520358 04/04/16 01:42 PM
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I just recently started using the Alberto, so much easier and cleaner than the double uni I used in the past.

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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11520365 04/04/16 01:44 PM
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A dab of superglue on a double uni seems to stop any slipping.

Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: KBW] #11520386 04/04/16 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted By: KBW
A dab of superglue on a double uni seems to stop any slipping.

I lost two keeper fish on Amistad this weekend along with two of my favorite baits due to that double uni knot slipping...never dawned on me to use a drop of superglue (which I use to keep trailers on my jig and spinnerbaits...its always available)...DUH !!!! bang


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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11520612 04/04/16 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted By: csbrad58
I've noticed a couple of y'all say 30# braid. I've always just used 50lb for whatever I'm doing unless it's on a spinning reel. Why do y'all prefer the lesser lb braid?


I am running 30 on Spinning set up


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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11521510 04/04/16 09:07 PM
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I fish braid a lot. Not having a lot of confidence in if fish can see braid or not I tend to fish with a leader 90% of the time. Most rods have 20-30lb braid to a 10-17lb leader. I have switched to nothing but the fg knot and have never had a knot break


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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: Happykamper] #11521542 04/04/16 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted By: Happykamper
Crazy Alberto Knot, been using it for two years, not a single failure.


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Wrap the braid around the fluoro with the braid--the braid really digs in and won't come loose. A good line to hook knot with the fluoro (palomar, pitzen, San Diego Jam, doubled uni) will fail before the crazy alberto.


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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11521548 04/04/16 09:20 PM
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Double Double Uni


Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11521597 04/04/16 09:42 PM
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I've been using the double uni since my Redfish Cup days.... Never had any troubles with it... Now that I bass fish I've had the same good luck...


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I use floro for more sensitivity. Do you loose feel with the floro leader backed with braid?

Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: WormWorker] #11522777 04/05/16 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted By: WormWorker
I use floro for more sensitivity. Do you loose feel with the floro leader backed with braid?


The sensitivity is awesome with braid and flouro leader.


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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11523165 04/05/16 05:03 PM
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I use the FG knot with braid to flouro works great knot has never failed.

Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11523372 04/05/16 06:25 PM
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I used a uni knot exclusively for years without ever having a failure. 22# Northern pike plus many 8-15 #er's, 20-30# striper (rockfish in the Chesapeake), 50# Cobia in the Chesapeake...never had a problem with this knot.

Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11523399 04/05/16 06:37 PM
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Try this website. It has several ways to tie the Alberto knot. I was tying it wrong.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=alberto+knot


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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: csbrad58] #11523407 04/05/16 06:42 PM
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Double hangman's knot.
Simple, quick, won't slip or break.


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Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
And greedily devour the treacherous bait.
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Re: Floro leader to braid [Re: Troutnout] #11523852 04/05/16 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted By: Troutnout
I've been using the double uni since my Redfish Cup days.... Never had any troubles with it... Now that I bass fish I've had the same good luck...


Yep... first fell in love with fishing at the coast... Uni to Uni was the norm for 35 plus inch reds back then if it was tied right... once caught a 39 pound jack off the north jetty at PA with 30 pound power pro and a 17 pound copolymer leader... melted the drag on the penn SS but the uni to uni held! Been a bass guy for 10 years and while ive had a few failures they were tying errors, not knot failures. Just haven't felt the need to try the newfangled knots. I'll use 60 braid with 25 fluoro with a uni/uni on clear water in heavy grass and it won't fail if you're careful tying it. The key is practice tying it until you can do it with your eyes closed.


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