hi guys. yep another fg knot thread. i'm having trouble with the fg gripping the leader. when doing the final pull up it always seems to pull apart a little in the half hitch half. when i do get it nice and tight and test it to breaking although the braid snaps away from the knot it pulls apart in the half hitch half and some hitches have even slipped off the end. have tried on both black magic tough and supple trace. any advice would be appreciated.

Have you tried tying them like this? If not give it a go and that should solve your problem.

cheers Grunta. that way held much better. guess the only thing to do is try it on the water and a fish. thanks guys.

Bit different than the one nathan aka b.a.f does but essentially same i guess, a lot more half hitches and no rizutto finish?

I do about 20 for everything but when I was up in Tonga a couple of years ago Kurt from 'Poppin Tonga' did half a dozen and said he'd never had one fail so pick a number in that range depending on how brave you are and how well you can tie them I guess. It's a great knot.

6-8

make sure that your first half hitch is very, very tight, sets the knot up nicely

That video looks a very cluttered way of doing it.