Braid TO FC Leader

[MickD]

4 hours ago, ike8120 said:

Not to be ignorant but what is a PR knot?

• Do an internet search for instructions.  It is a knot for tying leader to braid, and I submit it is not smaller than the FG.  Not much bigger, but not smaller.  It may be stronger, but any knot that takes an expert 9 1/2 minutes (expert how to tie PR video is 9:47 long) to tie will keep it from breaking on me because I would never get it onto the water.  It takes what appears to be dozens of half hitches, costs probably a foot and a half of braid for every knot.  It has a strange lump/bend from what I think is the junction of a uni and a bunch of half hitches, is about 8-10 times longer than an FG, so doubt if it clears guides as well as an FG.  I don't see it as  being a practical fishing knot.
• 100% line strength vs 80% for the FG?  So if I use 20 pound test line instead of 16, and use an FG, I'll have the same strength knot.  And the  knot takes about 6 minutes less to tie, about a foot less braid,  and is less easy to screw up than the PR.  The PR might be right for some, but not for me.

[king fisher]

I have tested and used many braid to leader knots.  For years I only used Uni to Uni.  It worked fine, but when I tested the knot against other knots it was by far weaker than Alberto or FG.  Even though I caught Thousands of fish with a uni to uni, the test results made me switch.  I use FG which is the strongest in tests, with heavy line, leaders 50 lbs. and above.  With practice I can tie it correctly in a rocking boat with out any difficulties.  The Alberto is as easy for me to tie as the uni to uni, and has the added advantage of going through the guides better. this is a big advantage when you are using 20 lbs, or larger floro leader.  As with most knots, the Alberto tied incorrectly will fail. The leader tag end must be trimmed as close as possible to avoid the main line from constantly catching in between the main line and tag,  becoming weak in that spot. The wraps have to slide all the way down the knot when tightened, to avoid from slipping a fraction of an millimeter, breaking the knot where the line enters. and the knot should mostly be tightened with the tag end.  There are a few good Utube videos, on how to tie both the FG and Alberto, but some do not show either knot correctly.