Tied the Alberto backwards, ALMOST always your mono/flouro is thicker than your braid. Wrap braid around mono!!!! IMPORTANT that the wrapping line exits the "loop" to the same side it entered. For offshore we tie a lot of 40 or 50lb flouro to 30lb braid. Could you imagine trying to wrap 40 lb flouro around braid?? Good luck with that!
I do this one immediately... In my life I always do the double albright knot with satisfaction and a minimal mistakes on a spinning fishing session... but this one appear more accurated and even with a small diameters such as in an eging braid and mono is easy to see every turn of the lines. Thanks a lot 👍🏻
Looks like a great knot but the albright seems a lot quicker and easier. I also feel wrapping the braid around the mono makes the knot stronger and gives it a lower profile.
@@stevensands33 Mono has higher abrasion resistance than braid because it's a single filament. Since braid is woven from many individual fibers once a few of them are compromised there's more and more stress on the remaining fibers and they just give out. In the case of leader knots you want the mono on the outside taking the hits against the guides unless it's much, much thicker than the braid.
@@pizzarat3275 ok but performance wise braid out performs mono in these scenarios still. I’ll take a few frayed brands of braid over fresh mono in any situation. If you guys are talking about giant mono for saltwater fish then I guess it wouldn’t matter. I’m taking light lines.
Great knot but would never put a flame near my line. If you look closely You can see the melting of the mono/ flouro at the knot. It’s unnecessary and can only weaken the line. Especially if you are bouncing on the waves. Your method looks simple and quick other than the fire. Thank you I’m going to try it
Smaller the knot the better! May be fine with bigger pole eyelets but for me FG is the bomb and double uni are my go tools but I like to learn new things...nice video
FG is great! Like the Bimini Twist really lost its popularity due to its level of complexity. Complexity in general leads to error. Great knot lots of practice. 3:51
I would never use a double uni. The Albero knot is easier to tie, smaller, and twice as strong I use is on all lines that are about the same diameter, To tie heavy leader to braid the FG is the ONLY way to go.
This is the best lead feeds smooth casting barely can tell switch I'm just beginning but as all beginners learning a whole lot about knots looking forward to much more tips and ??? WWay CCool thanks
Once I learned the FG there’s no going back, except for a quick tie-on when I’m in an awkward position, then I’ll use the improved Albright. Nothing beats the low profile and strength of the FG, especially when you’re using line of any thickness
@forrhs8430 I can't disagree with you. I have been using it for the last 4 years. I sat at home for the better part of a year watching the BASS live events and the MLF live events on the TV/phone and tied the knot with line I was planning on donating until I felt I had it down to where I could fish it in a tournament. It was taking about 2 to 3 minutes to tie it aside from the fact that it would take two or three tries before it actually worked. Now, it takes about 30 seconds, and it won't affect my fishing.
Yeah Ill stick with the Alberto. Been using it for over a decade with out a problem. Its simple, fast, and hard to get wrong. It may not be the strongest knot but Im fishing for bass, not Atlantic blue marlin. Try tying this knot or knots like the FG on a windy day on a pitching bass boat in foot rollers. Good luck!
I use that knot and I’ve had huge black tip sharks and it’s never ever once broke off always breaks off at my snap snivel. Even if I get snagged on the reef it’s never has broken off
fg is the strongest knot you can tie without a bobbin and the only leader to braid knot i would ever use. most people won't need it. alberto is a northeast surfcaster and he needed something he can tie out on a rock at night when the waves are breaking around you. as far as i know he's caught more 50 lb stripers from shore than any man alive.
I needed to learn how to tie a leader to braid and just started trying things and this is what i eventually came up with except i double up both lines. Glad i know what its called now
Iv done it your way and my tag end tends to point up and away from the reel causing the tag to wrap around my guides. was thinking maybe this would make the tag point towards my reel so if it duz snag it will snag on when i reel in which would be more manageable. Right?
Thankyou I was always breaking off now that I know the correct way I will be ok thanks man I'm going to use that connection of lines when needed appreciate you thanks
Seems like a modified becket bend or sheet bend knot. The only difference is instead of wrapping the smaller diameter line around the bite of bigger diameter once, you did it many times and then retraced it and THEN put it back through the loop. Very interesting I'll definitely be using this from now on
The proper Alberto is knot is my favorite knot. I use it every time I fish. If I free line it’s the Alberto knot 100% of the time. Super strong and easy on the guides.
This looks like an Alberto knot to me just wrapping the flouro around the braid instead of the other way around, Doesn't look like a good knot to me but I will test is and see if it is worth using.
This is a great knot I have used for 10 years. You need to tie the braid in a loop with a knot and do a half granny knot on the leader. If these steps aren’t done your knot won’t be as strong. I’ve spent many hours testing knots to prove it.
knots such as this are not so easy to do on the bank or in the boat with the wind howling into your face, for this reason I find that a simple 6 wrap surgeons knot is much easier to do when I am attaching my fluorocarbon leader to my braid
So many knot vids.....many are similar in nature & look effective. My only problem with braided(20lb) main to fluorocarbon(~8lb) leader....these smaller diameter lines are IMO more difficult to tie with some of these videos....if not the double uni...it's a swivel which also prevents line twist for the win.
this is easy to tie and very narrow for connecting lines /leaders to run smooth through fishing rod guides .. but what about overall knot strength in comparison and which material line first? the fluro or the braid for step one?.. like this knot!
Whatever knot tying you have for mono to braid with either the end of the mono ends up at the top or ends up at the bottom of the knot you end up losing your eye whenever retrieving or casting. There must be someway the end of the mono especially when the mono is 12lbs or more lbs that end up protruding must be covered inside the knot formed or some other way where the end of the mono is concealed, any suggestion???
I have had 400 pound + fish on an FG knot, 80lb braid to 80lb floro/wire rigs. Rod will break before the knot would give. Yes, use gloves to fully tighten knot. Melt floro end with lighter so you have a small nub. Finish with half hitches. super glue the knot where it does not overlap the floro...if you have time. This works for all sizes of braid to floro, I use it with 10lb braid to 20lb floro inshore. Will not fail if tied correctly.
i tried this knot with the fluoro above but it is not strong...i did the reverse thing which is the braid is above the fluoro and it is stronger than the this one.try it.
I only use this knot on light tackle for bait fishing or small fish or in some cases where my gear is very heavy and overkill for the drag requirements it’s impact strength is not that great and it can slip if too few turns are used! I use my own modified fg or Bimini then to this knot or another similar that was taught to me by Phil Atkinson and he called it the tony Jones leader knot
Yeah I’m gonna pack gloves and put them on every time I want to tie on a leader. I use Albright knot, no gloves, 60 seconds and I’m fishing and haven’t had a failure in 20 plus years.
I tied this knot the other night with the line still on spools. I wet it, cinched it down, and proceeded to pull. It only took about 10# of force for the knot to slip and come untied.
