![]() The smaller braid knot passes cleanly through even small line guides, whereas the alternative bulkier mono knot is prone to snagging and jamming in rod rings.Ĭlick on the opening shot in gallery below and scroll through the pictures to see how I tie the Albright knot. My reason for this is simply that the braid has by far the thinner diameter, and thus bunches into a smaller, neater knot. Even when tying braided line to a fluorocarbon or monofilament leader, it is widely accepted to be a good strong knot provided more wraps are made with the braided line. Either procedure is perfectly fine but the Mackellow preference is to do the latter and make the knot in the braid. This knot can be used with braided lines and mono-braided combinations. The knot can be made either by tying the mono around the looped length of braid, or it can be done the other way around, with the braid being wrapped around the looped length of mono to form the knot. The best knot for joining together two fishing lines of approximately the same diameter. ![]() ![]() Simple and strong, this is one of the quickest and most reliable ways of marrying a mono leader to a braided main line for both shore and boat fishing purposes. Something that is not common knowledge or practice is using the Albright to make the same sound connection by simply doubling over the end of the main line and tying around an open-ended loop as demonstrated here. chet Expand If the Alberto knot is difficult for you to tie, try the Double Uni. The Albright is commonly used to join two separate lengths/strains of line, and is regularly employed to tie line to the end of a loop already tied in the main line material… usually using an initial Spider Hitch or Bimini Twist. this may have been a topic before, but lately been watching alot of videos on knots for braid to mono, seems like my fingers are like clubs lately, anyone out here with fingers not doing what they use to do have a easier way to tie a knot for braid to mono. There are various ways to make an effective mono to braid connection but one of the strongest is formed using the Albright knot. Neil Mackellow tried all manner of different connections before settling on the reliable Albright knot which he demonstrates in this tutorial. 2.9K How to attach a mono leader to a braided main line? Another of those questions that arises time and time again. Generally speaking, the best knot to tie braid to mono leader is considered to be the Double Uni Knot.
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