Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Bloody uni knots!



What am I doing wrong? That was a back to back uni 20p mono to 60p flouro and clearly it has come undone in the flouro.
All wetted and chinched down tight both sides.
I have only started using the uni afyer so many guys on here raving about it but I seem to have a fail any time i use it.
Good ol cinch knot never seems to fail?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Bloody uni knots!



What am I doing wrong? That was a back to back uni 20p mono to 60p flouro and clearly it has come undone in the flouro.
All wetted and chinched down tight both sides.
I have only started using the uni afyer so many guys on here raving about it but I seem to have a fail any time i use it.
Good ol cinch knot never seems to fail?

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Is that for surfcasting?

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

Is that for surfcasting?

Yep....my boy just wound in a decent sized rigbut ran off to tell mum before I could get a photo.



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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yep....my boy just wound in a decent sized rigbut ran off to tell mum before I could get a photo.

Nice. I have done a little bit of surfcasting, so what I say may be bullshit, but you are joining two lines of very different diameters and I would go with a specialist shock leader knot like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLpyLKyVDDA

Personally, I'm now using braid for all my fishing, including surfcasting, but if you are fishing rough ground then braid is a poor choice because of it's lack of abrasion resistance.

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

Nice. I have done a little bit of surfcasting, so what I say may be bullshit, but you are joining two lines of very different diameters and I would go with a specialist shock leader knot like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLpyLKyVDDA

Personally, I'm now using braid for all my fishing, including surfcasting, but if you are fishing rough ground then braid is a poor choice because of it's lack of abrasion resistance.

I use braid for everything too Can't stand the lack of feel in mono anymore and fused dynema lines like Berkley Fireline are as tough as when it comes to abrasion.

Yeah boi kingi hit tomorrow

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yeah boi kingi hit tomorrow

Do you ever catch any?

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yeah boi kingi hit tomorrow

Do you ever catch any?

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

Nice. I have done a little bit of surfcasting, so what I say may be bullshit, but you are joining two lines of very different diameters and I would go with a specialist shock leader knot like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLpyLKyVDDA

Personally, I'm now using braid for all my fishing, including surfcasting, but if you are fishing rough ground then braid is a poor choice because of it's lack of abrasion resistance.

Yea all my other rods are braid with a flouro leader "FG"ed on......got given the surfcaster thanks @stingray and just wound some new mono on as I didnt have any suitable braid lying round.....its like fishing with a rubber band in comparison !

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea all my other rods are braid with a flouro leader "FG"ed on......got given the surfcaster thanks @stingray and just wound some new mono on as I didnt have any suitable braid lying round.....its like fishing with a rubber band in comparison !

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Great to see the rod getting some use VC ! Shame the reel was shithouse, still I'm happy that the ratbags left a bit of happiness along with the bloody mess! Did you get to your cray pots?
@Gibo ...did you get some kings ?? Post some photos please !

Originally Posted by stingray

Great to see the rod getting some use VC ! Shame the reel was shithouse, still I'm happy that the ratbags left a bit of happiness along with the bloody mess! Did you get to your cray pots?
@Gibo ...did you get some kings ?? Post some photos please !

Hopfully today.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Bloody uni knots!



What am I doing wrong? That was a back to back uni 20p mono to 60p flouro and clearly it has come undone in the flouro.
All wetted and chinched down tight both sides.
I have only started using the uni afyer so many guys on here raving about it but I seem to have a fail any time i use it.
Good ol cinch knot never seems to fail?

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Not sure what that is but it doesn't look right to be a broken back to back uni???
You are not just joining the loops at the end to each other are you?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Not sure what that is but it doesn't look right to be a broken back to back uni???
You are not just joining the loops at the end to each other are you?

Yes

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes

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Thats where you're going wrong. You dont actually joins the loops. That would squeeze the line and weaken it. Look it up on Youtube as it is hard to explain how to do it properly...

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes

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Thats where you're going wrong. You dont actually joins the loops. That would squeeze the line and weaken it. Look it up on Youtube as it is hard to explain how to do it properly...