The Double Uni Knot is one of 12 great fishing knots included on the Pro-Knot Fishing Knot Cards (click to see). This knot is easy to tie, it is very small once complete, and it’s hold strength has been testing just as strong as connecting to a swivel or a leader, so there isn’t much (if any) loss of strength to the overall system due to the splicing of the braid. Additionally, hollow 60 braid is so incredibly limp that when in a wave wash a slack line would tie itself into knots The solution is to weave regular solid braid over the top of mono which in essence creates the same thing as a hollow core splice. When tying in braided line to mono or fluoro, make 6 to 8 turns with the slippery braided line and 5+ turns with the mono (depending on its thickness - less with heavier line).
How To Tie A Braid To Braid Fishing KnotĪfter testing some of the most popular knots (blood, traditional double uni, albright, alberto) to connect a braided line to another braided line, I found that the Modified Double Uni Knot shown in the video below has the highest breaking strength. This knot is simple, fast to tie, and very strong. Given the multiple requests for this knot, I decided to do some testing and found that the knot shown below generates the highest breaking strength. When you want to tie braided fishing line to monofilament line, such as when you are connecting a mono leader to a braided main line, the best knot to use is a double uni knot. Connect the two with a single or double loop to loop connection. The most common use for a braid to braid knot is to splice a braid backing to the top ~100+ yards of braid in order to save money and time when re-spooling (allows for the untouched backing to stay on the spool while applying a fresh top section). The strongest and lowest profile connections you can make are using hollow braid to form a knotless (spliced) loop on your main line, and then a spectra loop with a finger-trap connection for the mono as a wind-on leader. And this time we’re covering a new type of connection… we’ll be tying a braided line to another braided line.Īfter getting a lot of great feedback from the braid to fluorocarbon leader knot contest, I started getting a good amount of questions from anglers wondering how to best connect two braided lines together.