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    Posted: 25 Feb 2010 at 9:24am
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what knot do i use and how do i tie it?  some kind of line joiner knot only thing is i dont know how to tie anyLOL
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google bimini twist and yucatan knot. the first one to double the braid, and the second one to join the doubled braid to the fluorocarbon
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I find the easiest, quickest (especially when in the boat) and most secure for me is the Albright knot, fold over the mono, thread the braid through the loop, twist up the mono lines 10 times, keep twisting back down and out through the mono loop again. That's it.
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used many knots, but keep going back to the back to back uni knot. 
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Originally posted by softbaiter softbaiter wrote:

used many knots, but keep going back to the back to back uni knot. 


Me too.  6 turns of mono and about 15 turns on the braid, heaps of saliva, pull it up carefully and away you go.
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bimini and a yucatan work well for me taught myself to tie a bimini using my big toe as the loop holder as I always have access to it
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 teaching my self the Albright knot for quick and easy in the boat also will teach my self back to back uni thanks for your help

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Originally posted by EditB EditB wrote:

bimini and a yucatan work well for me taught myself to tie a bimini using my big toe as the loop holder as I always have access to it
That's tempting fate bro  LOL
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The fastest and to date never let me down is the figure of eight for the double and the double uni for the wind on leader
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Originally posted by Espresso Espresso wrote:

I find the easiest, quickest (especially when in the boat) and most secure for me is the Albright knot, fold over the mono, thread the braid through the loop, twist up the mono lines 10 times, keep twisting back down and out through the mono loop again. That's it.
i find this to be the best knot easy to tie and very strong havent had one let go yet
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five turn surgon have a look at the kerckly vidios
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Originally posted by green guy green guy wrote:

Originally posted by Espresso Espresso wrote:

I find the easiest, quickest (especially when in the boat) and most secure for me is the Albright knot, fold over the mono, thread the braid through the loop, twist up the mono lines 10 times, keep twisting back down and out through the mono loop again. That's it.
i find this to be the best knot easy to tie and very strong havent had one let go yet
+1 for me too been using it for a few years now and cant fault it. Used the Yucatan or Cairns Quickie as it was first introduced to me which is great and strong, but just cant see the point in taking the time to tie doubles when the albright works so good.
Use the albright for shock leaders for surf casting and for tying on my traces for strayling as I dont bother with swivels for this, works well joining 2 lines of different diameters Just doesnt require as many turns when its mono on mono.
My second most useful fishing knot after the uni knot.
I guess you could say I like it Smile
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PR knot for me tied nicely at home  when busted off on the water quick bimini and albright
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I agree. The Albright knot is the least complicated for me (not being a boy scount) and has never failed!
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Been a few threads on this - I'd been using a bimini + surgeons combo until the last time it was discussed and it was pointed out that just doubling the braid and tying the surgeons was a) quicker and b) in theory, just as strong. So have been using that option (4 turn surgeons) ever since and it's worked well.

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I've been using a knot called the "slim beauty" for the last few years. Only change was to use 7 turns up and 7 turns back in the doubled braid. First saw it published in an old edition of Geoff Wilsons knot book, but its missing from recent editions. A version can be found at www.netknots.com
 
Originally I tied braid to either end of a piece of leader using different knots, secured one end, and then loaded up until the weakest knot broke. For me the winner time and agian was the slim beauty.
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No double, just a 9-turn Yucatan.  Very slim knot, goes thru the guides well.
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Been using the Allbright and found if you do not thread the braid through the loop at the end in the same way it entered it will pull out every time....I have just discovered this.
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Ive aways fed the tag end out the opposite way to it going in and never had issues.  I just use a Spider hitch and allbright.  I just looked at an animated site doing the allbright and it went out the same way it went in so I may give it a try it might just save me with that fish of a lifetime 
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