"Bob La Londe" wrote:

I personally don't care for the Palomar Knot, but thousands of
anglers like it.

I think I know why. I tried it and it's easy to do even if the
boat's rocking. :^)

I actually use a Super Improved Clinch knot usually referred to as
a Trilene Knot and it works great. Just remeber to wet the (saliva
works great) with any knot prior to pulling the knot tight.

I tried the Trilene and, assuming I'm doing it right, it's a snap to
make. It looks as though it's strong.

Also, I'm suprised nobody has mentioned that Braid tends to slip on
the spool of the reel if it's just tied directly onto the reel
spool...

Thanks. I had heard that elsewhere. I have one bait casting reel
with 65 lb braid on it. There's about 10-20 yards of mono that the
store put on it before they added the braid. I tried pulling the
line with the drag locked way down and it doesn't move so I guess
it's alright. There's a similar arrangement on the spinning reel and
it seems OK too.

I use a small amount of mono filament backing, but others have
mentioned putting a single wrap of duct tape or frictin tape on the
spool. Since I have mono laying around I do it that way, and then
I never have to worry about gunk from the tape making a mess or
getting places I don't want it on my reel.

I saw someone mention using tape. I'm also a little leary of getting
adhesive into the works.

http://www.yumabassman.com/#braid

Nice website, Bob. Lots of good info. I sent you an email for
registration.

Here is a little summary of braid tips I wrote a while back. Its
not etched in stone, and I am sure Steve could add more with all
his experience, but it should have at least one or two useful
tidbits for you.

One more thing. I need to add to that list of tips. Pound test is
pound test. 10lb braid will break under roughly the same presures
as ten pound mono. In some circumstances it will break easier
because it has no give and no stretch to act as a shock absorber.

The "shock absorber" is why the salesman who loaded the line said to
use a leader. Sometimes this stuff seems more complicated than the
other "primate" stuff. :^) [private joke]

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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