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This is for all you Braid experts out there.
I run 14/20lb braid on two 4-6kg rods i use.
I am tying 14lb mono usually vanish leaders to both with albright knot.
But am having a problem with the mono being cut or giving away at the knot under load when fighting a fish.
Is the problem due to not enough turns or what, wraps are generally around the 12-15 mark.
An albright with about 6 up & 6 back should be OK,
I'd try changing the type of leader your using first, I've got (had) some of that Vanish also in 14lb. It seems sort of brittle to me. I broke it several times just pulling up the knot.
Have also heard several other not too successful stories.
Webby - did you see that Stren knot I posted in another forum ?? I thinks its a beauty. Got a 7 - 8lb jew over Easter on 6lb braid with 6lb leader - and the knot held just fine. Gotta be happy with that.
Why would you bother with a 14lb mono leader on 20lb braid? I've never had problems with the Albright (3 up and 3 back) but I would have a 40-50lb leader on that strength braid.
Make sure you have doubled the braid with a bimini as well mate ( try the easy way with the half hitches ) and then use at least seven or eight turns in ya albright knot. Also pull on the main line and the tag end of the leader to really get the albright nice and snug before trimming it close . Hope this helped.
The Albright Knot - I find that my knots will break if I dont go out the way I came in. So if you go in underneath, go out underneath. For some reason doing the opposite will end up cutting the leader....
I tie a spider hitch double then join the leader using a double uni knot. then use super glue. with the glue apply to knot, spit on fingers & roll the glue so it is tapered at both ends ie bullet shape,helps line through guides. use plenty of spit so fingers don't stick together [smiley=furious2.gif] [smiley=help.gif]works for me.
cheers
Tested my knots over the weekend - snagged lures in the mangroves - and 3 times when pulling hard on the lure the 40lb leader (Penn 10x) was cut through by the 20lb braid. The knot gave way under a lot of pressure - but this is OK because something had to give!
Later in the day I retrieved the lures (surf ski in a croc infested creek) so I could see where the knot gave way. The perfection loop held up and so did the locked blood knot when used at the lure end.
Webby I had a similar problem using an albright to join 60lb leader (any type) to 30lb fireline, but not to platypus braid. I now use a double uni knot to join the fireline and mono. This is not as neat but has been 100% successful
I use the same as DR, a spider hitch double and then a double uni knot (back to back), but I don't use any glue, I never seem to have problems with these knots. As far as the breaking strain of the leader if you want to catch fish that are easily spooked and you are in open water, go as light as possible. Obviously if you are fishing for Jacks along bridge pilons or rock walls then you go for a heavy leader.
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