I lost two quality fish today. both losses were due to knot failure. Oddly enough it wasn't the braid to leader connection but rather the leader to lure.
this is unheard of for me. In my decades of fishing I haven't lost a fish or lure due to knot failure in many years. I usually use the palomer and trilene knots with total confidence. The difference today was that I was using 25 lb. fluorocarbon leader. I have never used line this heavy and stiff. I have to believe that this contributed to the knot failure although I'm not sure why. It did seem as if the knots weren't laying right, but I tied them the same as always.
I asking those of you who use braid and leader to tell me which knots your using. I'm kinda stunned about todays results
