"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Richard Liebert" wrote in
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I am using 50 lb Power Pro on my son's bonefish rod (OK, it's a fly rod,
cut
me a break here).

Has anyone every tried tying a loop in the Power Pro using a standard
Bimini
Twist? I have tied it on the bench and it seems to work fine, but I
don't
want to learn that it isn't really a good knot while "on-the-job".

Thanks from Rick



Looks like a fairly complex knot to tie to me. Why tie it? To be able to
change leaders more quickly by passing a leader loop through the main line
loop?

I have had very good luck tying back to back uni knots when I want a
leader.


Uni-to-uni knots also work well for tying braid onto spooled mono as well.
That way we can prespool enough mono to give the superline something to
"bite into" on the reel's spool while not requiring a full length of the
braid to fill the spool. Saves me a few $$ a year by backing braid with mono
on my bassin rigs. Let's face it, PP is so much smaller in diameter than
equaivalent poundage of mono, we'd need more than a 150yd spool to "fill" a
typical baitcaster almost.

I've recently done these same connecting unis to connect leader to PP in
sal****er situations, and haven't had a failure as of yet. You just have to
be somewhat careful to get "close" to similar line diameters. If the mono is
too "big" and the braid is "too small", the braid can sometimes cut thru the
mono.

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Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com