My conclusion, as well, but I'll use the Albright and/or uni-uni.
The FG may work fine on heavier braid + heavier leader. But it
is still a PITA to tie.
I tried it on 10 and 15 pound PP with a 15 lb hybrid leader.
Yeah. No. Looked like a broken finger by the time I was done.
It held, but was absolutely not worth the effort at my desk and
most certainly not worth the effort to tie while out in my kayak.
I use both Albright (variants) and Uni-to-Uni.
Mostly the former. I've spent time on the FG,
but DANG, I canNOT get that thing right, and
when I do, it is ugly. So maybe it isn't right.
Either way, It seems best to use the knots I'm
most familiar with. Tying while on the yak, both
of them are easy.
I don't fish tourneys or belong to a "club", but
I do really like the MLF format much more than
the other televised tourneys.
Feels more competitive with live updates, etc.
And I like them releasing the fish on the spot and
getting penalized for mishandling the catch.
I upgraded my two Chronarch 50e reels with
HawgTech bearings. Noisy? Yeah, but I really
love the performance improvement. The noise
doesn't bother me, anymore. Kinda neat in
some ways, to be true.
Now I didn't send my reels in for a major cleanup.
But the price of the ABEC 7 bearing was great,
and I'm quite happy with the results.
Glad my odd catches have been rather tame
by comparison to some of you guys.
Best non-fish I snagged was a pigeon in flight.
Worst non-fish, probably a garbage bag, but I'm
not entirely sure what it was...gross, definitely.
Welp...
For me it is mostly self taught. A ton of reading, watching
anglers do their thing, asking questions, then more questions.
I can't really point at one person to say "they were my fishing
mentor".
Most certainly I CAN say that this very forum, and the articles on
this site were VERY helpful to me in my fishing education
Good advice.
I've got a spool (many years old) that I used to use
for bluegill and long-pole fishing. Works great for
those fish. Caught bass on it as well...
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