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Uni-knot snapping

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happy:
I am liking the lumo bead .
I have a question re fluro carbon on topic. I rarely if ever use it but ..
1. i it true that fluro carbon has a shelf life ? As in it ages without uv .

2. Is there a way to test such as ie line bruising by twisting it .

These questions come from  vague recollection of magazine article 

Andrew Woodley-Page:
I have changed my leader to ring connection for jigging to a series of 15 reversed half hitches.  Straight line pull testing with AG Liu convinced me this was a better connection when my uni snapped 10 of 10 times & Liu didn't even re-tie his half hitch knot.  I do incorporate a chafe 'tube' consisting of some hollow material over the leader where it contacts the ring. 

As Mal suggests, perhaps the knot failure is really due to abraision of the swivel/ring?  Having said that, I previously used uni knots without any additional chafe protection and never had one fail, I suspect due to the rings I use being oval and very thick, much thicker than 9mm hyperwire rings, thus perhaps less of a cutting tendancy?

Andrew


--- Quote from: MikeOsborn on January 15, 2008, 11:36:41 AM ---after having the uni knot break several times last year I added a lumo thimble like what you have on gamefishing leaders. what do you know........ no more breakages and still the same batch of mono.

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MikeOsborn:
how do you finish the half hitches?

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