posted by John on Aug 29
I went out alone today. The fleet was working off their moorings and flying their bait kites. I hopped up on the bank where Jeff Smith and I had been fishing. I learned a lot about finding the fish and hooking up, but my knot tying skills have a lot to be desired. I had never tied braid to mono before. Being the expert computer user, I googled braid to mono knots. The web gave up that I should tie a bimini twist on the end of the braid to double up the end. Then I should tie a double uni knot to join the two.
Bad idea for me. It held for all the blues and dogfish I caught, but 5 minutes into the fight with a tuna my double uni knot gave way.
Back at the ramp, a local captain named Gil told me about the slim beauty knot, and after closing, I should super glue the knot to be safe. I did so and will try it on Friday 8/29
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