"John" wrote in message
...
I don't know if this comment applies to bonefishing but for big bass fly
fishing I do not normally choose to use any loop to loop connection
between
my bass taper fly line and continuous mono leader. IMHO the twin loops
make
a secondary topwater splash which tends to spook larger bass.

FWIW instead of any knot losing X% of its rated strength, I am far more
concerned with fly line or leader retaining memory which is a royal pain
in
the. g Does Power Pro retain memory?

John

I've never experienced any memory with PP, whether using it in fresh water
or salt water.

*About* the only drawback to using PP that I have found, is that it will
fade in color with a lot of use. The pretty dark "moss green" color I start
out with, will usually fade to a pale, yellowish green after a couple of
hard days on the water. That said, it's never seemed to bother the fish
after fading (I still get bit, and still catch fish on it, months after
fading), but it does fade. I just keep a Sharpie onboard if I feel like I
need to stripe or "camoflage" the bait end of the line in extremely clear or
still water occasionally.

Just as an FYI, I stripped last year's PP off my (braid) reels just
yesterday, and compared to the fluorocarbon and mono I took off some other
reels, it had NO memory to speak of, even after a couple of months just
being wrapped around my reels' spools out in the shop. Berkley Big Game was
the worst yesterday. I took a couple hundred yards of 10lb off a spinning
rig yesterday and it coiled up like you wouldn't believe on the floor. It
was quite a messy nest. The PP came off nice and flat, and had been
"dormant" out in the shop just as long. I still like my basic "Big Game"
line, it just has a memory from hell.

*The "other" drawback to Power Pro is trying to break loose a snag. That
stuff is so strong, that I've pulled up significant branches from the lake
bottom with it (the heaviest weight I use is 20#). I've straightened hooks
out on lures trying to break them loose as well...not that saving a lure is
"bad", it just takes a while to deal with if you can't break it off after a
couple of good college tries...and "time is money" when you're on the water.
Of course none of these "drawbacks" outweigh, IMO, PP's excellent
performance (great sensitivety, near zero stretch and no memory to speak
of). And no, I don't work for nor am I sponsored by Power Pro...I am self
employed in an unrelated industry and am sponsored solely by my own bank
accounts... ;-)



"Richard Liebert" wrote in
message ...
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