It is fast to tie , easy and strong.This knot keeps slipping off my leader and I pay close attention to detail about my wraps and tension. After a few times using this method of tying it while holding the tag end in my teeth with the rod leaning away, I have been able knock it out just as fast as my prior favorite. Joe and I are grateful to have your support.Yes, you’re welcome to call any knot you tie with an extra twist or loop whatever you’d like, but just be sure to not accuse others of stealing your idea if they figure it out on their own:)In San Diego I have begun to use a John Collins or Fisherman’s knot for Fluoro to BraidWhen carefully tied I have found it extremely strongYou may want to give it a test ….
Furthermore, I suggest that knot-to-knot competition (tying two knots in the same line, and then the leader to each end) might be the only way to realistically compare knot strengths outside of a materials testing laboratory. I’ve never used the Toray Super Hard Strong leader with it, but the Seagaur Blue Label is a pretty hard bodied line and the FG works great on it (here’s a nice tarpon catch using 10 lb braid to 30 lb Seaguar leader – The only situation I’ve seen so far that does not work well with the FG knot to connect braid to fluorocarbon is when the lines are closer in diameter… a 30 lb braid going to a less than 30 lb leader can’t dig the necessary groves to lock in on the leader (same with trying it on a wire leader… if it can’t dig the groves, it won’t hold).But when the lines are right (PowerPro braid to a heavier/thicker mono/fluoro), this FG knot has consistently outperformed the very popular Albright, Alberto, Double Uni, Surgeon, Bimini/Bristol, etc. Other factors would include the type of materials (nylon mono versus fluoro, or copolymer).I mention all of this not as criticism of your knot tests. That being said, there are other ways to tie 2 lines of different diameters together that you may want to use in specific scenarios. If you tie the fg correctly and use the same line to tie an Albright, lay them side by side. !Hey Capt. However, I use 10 lb PowerPro to tie to the 25 lb fluoro so perhaps the thicker 20 lb braid is too thick to be able to dig in the proper groves into the outer layer of the leader.yes the 20# is too thick to properly “dig in” however you need to stretch the line a little harder? The fact that you have to thread the braid through two very small holes in the leader’s tightened granny knot makes this one very tough to tie in low light conditions, and the strength of it was not quite as high as the others as well. I thought for sure I had the biggest red fish in Matlacha until we saw the ray.
you will be pleasantly surprised . YES! Take around leader and through loop five times.