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Originally Posted by emallard
What knot do you recommend for connecting the fluorocarbon leader to the braid mainline?
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The PR bobbin knot is the one you want to use to connect your leader to your braid. Check it out on YouTube. I’m at work otherwise I would take a picture of one. I tie mine much shorter then you’ll see on YouTube and have never had one fail, it’s a knot with 100% strength.
The FG is a distant second choice.
Both will easily cast and slip through guides without even noticing it.
I rarely use any wire because the water is to clear and the fish can see to well over here but Spanish mackerel have nasty dentures. When I do use wire it’s 60lb single strand attached to the hook with a haywire twist and to the leader via an Albright knot.
In nearly 40 years fishing in Alberta I never used anything heavier then 8lb mono fishing pike and honestly can’t remember the last time one cut me off but obviously you’re mileage has differed.