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Spot on Reefz! I usually use 24 turns in my mono bimini (20lb). 50 lb mono and upwards I use the Aussie Plait which presents a neater knot through the roller guides on my rods, and I fisnish it off with a spot of UV Knot Sense for good luck and harder wearing. On my jigging gear and flick sticks I use the PR knot only (even works on braid as light as 20lb!) and have had no failures with it yet, even on 100lb braid fully locked to big AJ's - it is a great join. You are right though - not the easiest to tie on a boat at sea when you just been smashed up, then I usually go for a Yucatan.
Quote from: Bwana on January 27, 2012, 02:56:12 PMSpot on Reefz! I usually use 24 turns in my mono bimini (20lb). 50 lb mono and upwards I use the Aussie Plait which presents a neater knot through the roller guides on my rods, and I fisnish it off with a spot of UV Knot Sense for good luck and harder wearing. On my jigging gear and flick sticks I use the PR knot only (even works on braid as light as 20lb!) and have had no failures with it yet, even on 100lb braid fully locked to big AJ's - it is a great join. You are right though - not the easiest to tie on a boat at sea when you just been smashed up, then I usually go for a Yucatan.Aussie plait is a great choice for Offshore big mono!! I think Shag uses it extensively as well.Yucatan is also a great knot, as long as you leave a decent tag end, which becomes a problem if you're casting the knot from off a reel (I like to spin with longer leaders - leader knot on the reel), that's when I go to the 7 turn Uni/Fig 8 --> used extensively by Craig Tomassen, Mark de la Hey and Tony Wright.
Quote from: REEFMAN on January 27, 2012, 04:10:51 PMQuote from: Bwana on January 27, 2012, 02:56:12 PMSpot on Reefz! I usually use 24 turns in my mono bimini (20lb). 50 lb mono and upwards I use the Aussie Plait which presents a neater knot through the roller guides on my rods, and I fisnish it off with a spot of UV Knot Sense for good luck and harder wearing. On my jigging gear and flick sticks I use the PR knot only (even works on braid as light as 20lb!) and have had no failures with it yet, even on 100lb braid fully locked to big AJ's - it is a great join. You are right though - not the easiest to tie on a boat at sea when you just been smashed up, then I usually go for a Yucatan.Aussie plait is a great choice for Offshore big mono!! I think Shag uses it extensively as well.Yucatan is also a great knot, as long as you leave a decent tag end, which becomes a problem if you're casting the knot from off a reel (I like to spin with longer leaders - leader knot on the reel), that's when I go to the 7 turn Uni/Fig 8 --> used extensively by Craig Tomassen, Mark de la Hey and Tony Wright.
I think it was Paulus on his knot strength test site that disproved the 12 turn Bimini to be stronger...? I can't remember now.But as a rule of thumb... In Mono, I do 20 turns. In Braid, I do 50 turns.This has been the standard in SA Rock and Surf for many years now, and we know how many hundreds of thousands of tons of fish have been landed using this setup....20 Turn Bimini in the Mainline - joined to Leader with Back to back Fig 8's.The standard go to quick knot for Braid to Leader in Offshore is the 7 turn Uni against a Fig 8 in the leader. There are many knots one can use, including the PR knot (which is arguably the best for Popping and Jigging), but is technique sensitive and is difficult to do when compared to the 7 turn Uni. If I was to go on a big bucks GT hunting mission, the PR knot is indisputably the first choice knot to learn.
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