Best braid to leader knot? FG? Albright? Bristol?

So GT & FG knot are essentially the same?

So......what's the verdict ?, anybody try the FG or GT knot on the water yet ? Just tied the FG knot in the garage and the first one slipped apart, 2nd one held fine, just wondering, may go back to uni 2 uni.

Easiest otw knot for me is a 3-4 turn surgons knot. Never had one come apart.

So......what's the verdict ?, anybody try the FG or GT knot on the water yet ? Just tied the FG knot in the garage and the first one slipped apart, 2nd one held fine, just wondering, may go back to uni 2 uni.

I can weigh in on that.  The FG knot, while initially cumbersome to tie, is now my go-to line-to-line connector knot.  I started using it about two months ago and it hasn't failed me one bit.  It travels through the guides almost effortlessly.  So far it's withstood dozens of savage strikes from bruiser Lake Almanor browns, and was also my braid-to-fluoro connection when I caught my "devil fish" 15 pound mackinaw last week.

The knot takes a little practice, but once you've got it, you'll forget all about the double uni  .

I liked this knot because it's extremely easy and fast to tie OTW. If I have the time I'll tie a GT.

Just tried FG knot for first time, it seems to be pretty easy (in-house ). Even I could do it

of course, will require lots of practice before I try it on kayak

I like how thin it is, and all tests are very favorable

Uni-Uni is my preferred knot.  Never failed me yet.

The key to getting most knots to be strong is tying them well.

One year at Fred Hall I stood around the knot breaking machine with Mark Shimizu. Same knot. Same line. His knots were consistently 10-35% stronger than anyone else.

Pretty much any of the popular connections like a uni-uni will suffice for around here. We don't have truly strong fish in NorCal and when combined with the slippage of a kayak our ability to truly test a knot is limited.

For rock fishing I tie a uni- uni simply for the ease of it and it has never failed.

For pelagics I use a Sebile (same as FG). Also never had a failure with fish pushing 200 pounds. While Sebile is super tiny and awesome coming thru the guides under load (when it really matters) it doesn't cast as well as other connections especially when using a spinning rod.


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I ordered some of these a while back but have not tried them yet:  http://www.amazon.com/Partridge-Oval-Tippet-Rings-OTR/dp/B01DOI7S5O/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1463504776&sr=8-10&keywords=tippet+rings

I'm gonna tie the braid to the ring and then the 25 lb mono.  I also plan to tie the dropper bait to the ring.  I'm hoping any break-offs will be quick to re-tie.  The tippet rings are 45 lb test.

Granny over granny.....burn it. Give it to the kid, when he gets tired of knots breaking, he will learn how to do it himself.....In the meantime, Albright.

Bump. Looking to tie top shot on my new reel. Want to try FG instead of double uni. Opinions?

Bump. Looking to tie top shot on my new reel. Want to try FG instead of double uni. Opinions?

Briggsey's fg knot youtube

Albright. It's never failed on me. The only problem is that sometimes it gets stuck on the guides. If I clean up the loose ends a little better that might go away.

Albright for the win!

I like the FG knot with Rizutto finish. Probably wouldn’t tie that one on the water though...


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