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Anybody flipped with the new Maxcuatro from Power Pro? Curious of knot strength compared to regular power pro and knot slippage due to it being so slick and smaller in dia.? I don't get much prefish time these days so hate to go into a tourney with it in 65# and have issues, but I like the smaller dia. if line and knot strength remain the same.

Wow thanks for the feedback. A peg it to slip through eye of hook is simple answer and can't believe I hadn't thought of that. I flip ALOT and while I can definitely say I may break a palomar knot maybe once every other year, I can also definitely say that I do see I considerably higher hook up ratio with the snell. That said, it currently evens out because I break the snell so much where it rubs against the hook eye. Will try the rubber pegs under the weight to slip through the eye. I belive I saw a slightly longer and narrower version of a rubber stop on TW the other day. Thanks again. Just looked at TW and the Decoy Shot Lock is what I have in mind. Not sure if I need small or Large. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Decoy_Shot_Lock_L-2_14pk/descpage-DCYSL.html

Obviously I need to retie more often, but typically when I break braid flipping with a snell knot, it is caused by where the line rubs against the top of the hook eye before it enters the eye and ties to the shaft. Does anyone have any ideas such as putting a small 1/2" long piece tube (rubber, flexible plastic, coffee straw) or some other means of reducing the abrasion? That part of the line would be covered by the bait anyway. Just looking online for ideas and not seeing anything so thought someone on here may have come up with a solution for this problem.