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| What has everyone found to work the best? |
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| work the best? ...a crimp  |
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| Uni-Knot. Then stretch them for a week or so after you tie them up. |
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| palamar for me |
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Location: Detroit River | I tie a Nail Knot then crimp the tag. http://leetauchen.com/lees_leader_knot.pdf |
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| x 2 on the crimp. |
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Location: Milwaukee, WI |
x 2 on this. I also dab a drop of super glue on the knot itself.
EDIT: And, after I have made a few, I drop them in boiling water for a few seconds and then let them hang for a week to straighten out. |
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Location: Duluth, MN | Just buy Stealth Leaders. Cheaper in long run and not as frustrating |
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| I've been trying out the Crawford knot and find it to be an easy to tie and compact knot in 80 lb. flouro. |
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Location: Pulaski, WI | Link to crawford knot? |
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Location: Wisconsin | http://www.survivalworld.com/knots/crawford-knot.html#.UWd9tLXvupI
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http://www.fishingknots.com.ar/fishingknots7.htm |
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| Another link for Crawford.
http://www4.gvsu.edu/triert/s/crawford.html |
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Location: New Jersey | I use a Centauri knot with a drop of super glue. |
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Location: New Jersey | catfishonthelake - 4/12/2013 12:03 PM
I use a Centauri knot with a drop of super glue.
.....which after looking at the diagram, is very similar to the Crawford knot. |
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| double barrel crimp. no knot needed. mushroom the tag end, snug tight, crimp.
saltwater guys been doing that for many moons. |
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Location: N.FIB | boiling water doesn`t hurt fluoro,what does boiling water do |
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Best knot for fluoro leaders