Tying the strongest fishing knot isn’t only about the knot itself. The line you choose matters every bit as much, and thanks to remarkably advancements in the recent decades, you have choices ...

You can have all of those things dialed in perfectly, but if your knot fails, all of that research won’t make a bit of difference. Of course that starts not only with the right type of line—braid, ...

The recommended connection is a direct fluoro-to-braid knot, but the truth is I found tying the double-uni knot difficult, time-consuming, and unreliable. So I tinkered with small barrel swivels ...

There are three basic types of fishing line: monofilament, braid and fluorocarbon. Tournament angler LeFebre, 44, winner of the recent Walmart FLW Tour event and $125,000 on Alabama's Lewis Smith ...

And it holds knots better than both fluoro and braid. Last but not least, it's inexpensive compared to other types of lines--if you change lines frequently, as most good anglers do, this can be a ...

Which knot is best for me to tie two lines together—like a leader of fluorocarbon to a main line of braid? Originally, I had ...

Then you’ll need to know how to tie a back-to-back uni-knot to attach the fluoro leader to the braid. It’s an easy knot to find if you Google it. It’s the only knot I know of for tying two ...