Fg casts better but i think for reliability the PR is hard to beat.

  But I look at the many many tight wraps on a PR and compare it to just 12 cross wraps of the FG.  My teeth have never been tChrisW]FG is very good and reliable when done proper pull hard as u can

I've learnt FG from Konishi and tied it many times but you have to pull the leader and braid in 4 opposite directions so that the braid bites into the leader.  You have to use your teeth to hold the leader tag.  After paying my dentist twice to fix my teeth over this, I just tie the PR, much cheaper dentist bills now.  No reason why you can't tie a short PR if lenght is a concern.

No teeth method: slap your rod in a suitably placed rod holder, thread the braid up the eyes as per normal, and secure the end some where convenient, set the drag on your reel appropriately - to do what it does best - apply the desired amount of tension, the bend in the rod should act as a spring to help here.

 I"m no expert, but about 1 - 1.5 kg seemed to work ok. any more and the plaits started trying to capsize when I tied it. 

On lighter gear, soft bait and stray line to 15 kg, an albright knot is hard to beat, depends I suppose on the size of the trace relative to the main line.

The bloke who said learn to tie the knots you like to use, well, is on the right track.  I survived for many years knowing only four knots - the improved clinch, blood knot, a dropper loop (for making up, you guessed it, dropper rigs) and a figure eight (which can be rethreaded a la indoor rock climbing to secure jig heads etc). If anyone has tested a figure eight against the alternatives i'd love to know the results. My repertoire has grown considerably since, and I now use a uni knot in preference to an improved clinch - most of the time, otherwise KISS