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Haha double tag, (did I just get tag teamed....????) what did I miss? Currently this is me...
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Haha I was thinking man that looks similar to mine with the double front windows. Then realized you said a while ago it's a plylite. Doh!
Are you getting rid of the ski pole?
Mine doesn't look so good at the mo without a floor
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VC this is that braid to mono knot bro. The blue is the braid, the brown the mono. I double the braid. This is more than enough for light gear such as softbaiting and is far quicker than an FG. I also use this on my kingi rig if im desperate to get in the water and don't have time to tie a PR, just don't wind it through the guides to much :D
Albright Knot | How to tie the Albright Knot | Fishing Knots
I will remember that for if I need it in a hurry.
Havent yet tho even with lots of cuda,keep line tight and cut back any rubbed up bits.
I do my FGs at home on the couch and run 1.5-2 times rod length of leader so finger is on mono not braid for casting so the knot is wound threw the guides every cast/drop.
On my heaveyer set up 80pbraid/100p leader it has done about 20 fishing trips and is now only just a rod length long and I was looking last trip and thinking its starting to fluff up I should replace it.....will do that now.
Old worn knot.
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And new with a few meters of braid discarded.
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Its quite a thick (cheap) braid on this rig.....the knot lays on much neater when there is more difference in sizes of line.
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Yeah thicker braid needs more mono diametre to grip better but if its working its working
I have found the uni to uni (braid doubled) is great in lighter line weights and use a wind on if going big.
I love the uni knot. You can do just about anything with it.
But its shit for knot strength :P
Braid does my bloody head in....I love fishing with it but I fucken hate trieing to tie knots in it and the lighter it is the worse it is...and doubling it up increases frustration by a factor of 4 squaredx3.142 divided by D.
At least with the FG all you have to do is hold the braid firm and twist the mono around it:thumbsup:
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Looks good, hopefully give it a try if the wind ever gives me a gap!
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I should be out there now!....forcast is good mornings and passable evenings all week...unfortunatly I have shitloads of work on at the mo and startinng early so thats fishing before work out and if I go after work in my own boat I wont get to bed till midnight at least...........maybe later in the week :redbullsmiley::redbullsmiley::redbullsmiley:
Braid is fun when it looks like this.....
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Yeah, unfortunately I have these two short people that live in my house that I need to watch/feed/pull out of the pond until their mother gets home, which is about 7 most nights, by then it's too late to get out.
And then it blows its tits off every weekend, well has done so far this summer....
You are preaching to the converted mate,its same same in my house.....thats why I get frustrated and do stupid shit like get up at 2 or 3 to go fishing and be in and at work by 7 :redbullsmiley: only plus is I can usually get the wife to pick up chilly bin from work and put fish in fridge and if not I will land it on a mate :thumbsup::thumbsup:
I've never had any issues.
I did a lot of (semi-scientific) testing many years ago and found it pretty good. Always above 85%. That was before I knew anything about the PR of FG knot. I think I like it because it is so versatile and easy to tie.
I use it in conjunction with a Bimini twist in the braid if I have time to tie one.
@sambnz and his lady showed me how to slay gurnard on softies, we sat outside the islands at okiwi at 70 ft, Sambnz first drop hooked up within a min, then for the next half hour they boated a good handful, some excellent fish amoungst them. I managed a single then the snakes turned up and we could not get a rig to the bottom. We kept a snake for hook line bait and enjoyed the power of a few more on light gear, but the weather and loss of gear moved us on. NC and a blue spekled jerk shad doing the damage.
Flicked all manner of soft baits,lures,jigs and slow jigs around for 4 hours solid this morning for zilch while my Dad caught snapper and sharks and my boy caught gurnard, yellow eyed mullet,barracuda.
I had one take in 4 hours I think was a gurnard but didn't hook up.
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Same result, dirty water?? Had good success with cleaner water as posted previously , you had more paitence than me, I snuck a ledger rig on about an hour in and boated some cod. To be honest we struggled all weeeked productive spots were dead , vis was arse! But thanks to VC for some solid advise we snagged a good snapper and gurnard. So may not be the softies fault just hard fishing?
Agreed , I've gone full circle, bugger the brought bait, bugger the softies , bugger the lures , bugger the flasher rigs....fresh barracotta and ledger rigs and strips of cotta and running sinker.