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What type of knot do you use to tie braid and flourocarbin leader? Also how long of a leader do you normally use? Is it nessassary to use it on the river when the water is mostly stained? Thanks for the info Eric

I normally use a small barrel swivel. In a pinch I use a blood knot or surgeons knot.

knot web site Blood knot. Like to use a couple ft. of xt mono or flouro for zebra mussels, rocks etc. Tend to be on the safe side so will put a spot of super glue on the knot

Double surgeons knot seems to work fine. A bimini twist is stronger and a little extra work. Here is a really good explanation; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGSD8B8E3ko

Both previous ideas are good ones. I like the blood knot the best and will use a barrel swivel also. when the water is stained you wont have to use one. I have never used a flouro leader on the river. The only time i will use one is if the water you are fishing is fairly clear. I will use one also when catfishing or going after panfish. this way if you get snagged and you have to break the line all you lose is the hook. Your weight and bobber stay put. hopefully this helps Eric. Dan

I tie these all the time just add 2-3 extra twists to the braid.
double uni knot

uni-to-uni… it’s the best!

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What type of knot do you use to tie braid and flourocarbin leader? Also how long of a leader do you normally use? Is it nessassary to use it on the river when the water is mostly stained? Thanks for the info Eric

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Lots of good suggestions here on knots. As for your question about needing the flouro / mono leader on the river my answer is an enthusiastic “no.” The walleye aren’t in the least bit dissuaded by the color line you use… to the point where you will be hard pressed to find a river guy that doesn’t tie direct with hi-vis line.

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The walleye aren’t in the least bit dissuaded by the color line you use… to the point where you will be hard pressed to find a river guy that doesn’t tie direct with hi-vis line.

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I never had any problems with 5+ pound walleye hitting the jig or blade tied directly to the “high vis” line

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The walleye aren’t in the least bit dissuaded by the color line you use… to the point where you will be hard pressed to find a river guy that doesn’t tie direct with hi-vis line.

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I would go even further than that. I have about 12 spinning rods in my boat (ok, maybe that’s conservative…let’s say that I have a lot of spinning rods). Every single one is spooled up with hi-vis line….Cortland orange or Sufix yellow right now. I fish the river a lot, but also stained reservoirs (Wissota, Chippewa Flowage) and also some very clear lakes up in the Hayward WI area (LCO, Grindstone, Spider). I’ve never felt at a disadvantage when using hi-vis mono. In fact, I feel strongly that hi-vis provides me with distinct advantages over low-vis mono or fluoro. Chief among these is my ability to line watch and set the hook as soon as I see something funny with the line…..it’s not falling properly, it jumps or twitches unexpectedly, etc. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stuck a nice fish that I NEVER felt, even when using a premium graphite rod.

One instance where I can appreciate the use of a fluoro leader is to deal with abrasion from zebra mussels, which will do a number on mono. A short fluoro leader will help preserve baits under those circumstances.

thanks for all the input guys!!!!!!!!

Thanks for this post! On the river and Pepin, my experience is exactly the same–hi-vis all the way. Never had a probelm. I’ve been outfished…but that’s a different story.

I still can’t wrap my brain around using a lindy rig on Mille Lac with hi-vis. I think the leader should certainly be low-vis or fluro.

To the points above, all of these fish were caught using 80 pound PowerPro, using about an 8 inch leader of 80 pound PowerPro. The tag ends of the knots were left hanging out of the knot by a good 1/2 to 1 inch.

At least in the old ‘sippi they don’t seem to mind Hi Vis!