So as some of you who read my Tahoe report i lost the biggest Tahoe fish I ever had on the other day. Easily over 25lbs pounds. I was jiggin when i got slammed... The fish took s 200ft run at blistering speed. When i got to the 400+ ft of line on the spool the line began to cross thread between the guide and tension greatly increased. When i made my move to loosen drag the fish took off even more... Slammed my hands into the kayak and pinned me. Tension increased till the line broke.... My line broke at my back to back uni on the flourocarbon side. I was using 10lb seaguar for the first time, i dont like it clearly prob stick with pline. Anyway ive had many sleepless nights after losing this fish. Im interested if anyone uses the FG knot? What is the best way to tie it? Anyone use the Albright? Or improved bristol? Thoughts?

Try this one.

this is the knot i use,  works great and its small.

Quote from: Hojoman on November 27, 2015, 12:25:10 AM

Try this one.

this is the knot i use,  works great and its small.

+ 1 but I thought this knot was called the Alberto knot. Either way it's the only one I use.

Blood knot is what I use. It works great and once you've tied it a few times, it's easy. The trick with getting the braid/flouro to coil is to pull the tag end and main of the braid. The knot is very slim and I've only had it break do to my error. I've had a lot of large, hot fish pull on this connection and it's about 99%.

I call BULLSHIT,
That "RP" knot was being used way back in the late 90's before it was a "RP" or "Alberto" and was shown to the crew by one of my customers. We have tied it in the Fresno F.W. store since 98 when one of our customers showed it to us.
Sorry for the rant, I won't name names (per customer request)  but it is pretty lame to claim fame to something you didn't really do. 
Anyone have any doubts, check my posts, and you will see that I posted the directions and illustration of this knot quite a ways back .

I use this knot. It's really fast to tie OTW and casts through eyes very well.



Mike

I use this knot. It's really fast to tie OTW and casts through eyes very well.



Mike

Also called the Yucatan Knot.
I used it until it failed on a big fish. Easy to tie but there are stronger knots.

Also called the Yucatan Knot.
I used it until it failed on a big fish. Easy to tie but there are stronger knots.

I've also had the knot fail on me twice, both while fishing for trout, it pulled out both times on small fish. After messing with it a bit, I realized I needed to wrap more X's when using lighter line vs heavier line. I use to wrap everything 6 to 8 times. I now wrap 12 X's for 5lb - 8lb test and 9 X's for anything bigger. I also go through the loop at the beginning and at the end which he doesn't do in the video.


Mike