Knots you say...KISS

[gottaflylee]

Today budwiller ask what knots I use for braid to mono. I am answering his question in another thread as I feel more people will see it and get more use out of it...

I use 2 knots that are easy to tie and hold very well with braid to mono. As Jesse said, uni-knot...and the other is a Surgeon's knot, as I said...KISS..."Keep It Simple Son"...

Before we start, let me say, DO NOT be stingy with you lines to make any knot. Trying to tie a knot, till you master it with minimal line is useless. Give your self "room to work" so to speak..

Uni-knot to uni-knot
Start with your running line (braid...white in the picture) and the mono (purple in the picture) parallel to each other.



Make a loop with the braid line, holding it parallel to the mono and go around the mono 4 times and lightly snug down onto the mono line...



it should look something like this...



Now do the same with the mono, once...



Twice...



4 times...



Snug down on to braid, moisten both knots and slide together pulling on both main lines and tag ends...when knots snug together, release the tags and pull tight on the main lines...



Trim tag ends close and your done...

Surgeon's knot...

Start with both braid and mono parallel to each other...



Make a loop with both lines...



Come through the loop with both lines 3 times...once...



twice...



After the third time, lightly moisten the knot and slowly pull on the main lines and the tags at the same time, watch to see that it starts to form a figure 8...



Snug down lightly and release the tag ends and pull tightly on the main lines to finish the knot, trim the tag ends closely...

[clt_capt]

Very clearly illustrated on both. Very nice tip

[JKil1]

i use both, and cant say one is better than the other. when people ask how to tie braid to mono/flouro leader, i show them the surgeon b/c its easier. havent had a failure yet.

[Robja]

Thanks for the tip Lee.

[24/7 BAIT CO.]

excellent job on showing how to tie the knots

[Highhopes20]

thanks for the info.

[Bogart]

Lee up to what pound test??

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[gottaflylee]

Lee up to what pound test??

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Bogge, I have used both of these knots with lines up to 130 braid amd 100 pound flro. worked fine for me but the knot was a little large.
With larger lines, I do tend to use the Uni-knot to uni-knot the most. When it is tied right, do not be
afraid to trim the tags very close...

[bjross]

Thanks Lee, Good stuff!!

Doing any tarpon fishing out of Oriental?

[Fins&Feathers]

I like using the sergons not for my leader to main line with mono...........i dont know it would work for braid...............thanks Lee