Shockleader

[Toerag]

Read Sea Agnler, they feature a shockleader knot virtually ever month. The alternative is to use a tapered leader and attach it using a double uni/grinner knot.

[gonefishingatwork]

this is the knot i use for a normal shockleader onto mono line...its called a windwire...used for wire normally but works very well for normal line...and casts very well due to the knots low profile.

 

 

however i use the albright that Jim found for braid to leader as the differences in diameter between braid and leader causes problems with the windwire method when retreving through the top eye.

 

[ 04. November 2004, 02:56 PM: Message edited by: gonefishingatwork ]

[spasor]

Jim!!

Funny you should mention the `Allbright` knot.

I`ve used it to tie 14lb mailine to 150lb mono leader for conger! The knot never failed, even though the leader was bitten through! Sadly, when everthing held together, no monsters were attatched to the business end.

[arthurcodsbody]

Thanks for all the info guys luckily I have some mono with me at work and boss who knows what i'm like so have spent the day mastering the albright knot.

Cheers.

[Jim Roper]

spasor:

Jim!!

  Funny you should mention the `Allbright` knot.

I`ve used it to tie 14lb mailine to 150lb mono leader for conger! The knot never failed, even though the leader was bitten through! Sadly, when everthing held together, no monsters were attatched to the business end.        

Before I saw the allbright recommended on this forum, I allways used a blood knot. The allbright parted twice on me this year, once feathering and once striking a ginormous bite on the bottom about 120 yards out.

The blood knot gets in a bit of a mess when the lines differ a great deal, but it's never let me down.

I've got some 325lb mono if you want a few yards!

 

[ 05. November 2004, 06:54 AM: Message edited by: Jim Roper ]

[kentangler]

Multilply the weight of the lead by 10. That should be the strengh of your shock leader.

10x5oz =50, =50lb leader.