Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Sunline Monster Battle
Andy Rowe:
--- Quote from: Mark Harris on June 30, 2014, 02:24:13 PM ---Andy, I do not know what to think about this TBH.
I have had 2 private messages both of which talked of similar problems. It seems to be inconsistent though.
Tough one. Really tough. Bloody expensive line to just throw away but the problems I have had are hard to get out of my head.
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I sympathise with the problems in your head Mark recalling that one sunny October morning in SO. During one of the best GT bites I have seen.
If it is breaking on the FG knot you know what you have to do. It is a dud batch.
Mark Harris:
Yep indeed. Nothing worse that no confidence in your mainline.
I think it has to go in the bin.
Expensive mistake. Lesson learned. Stick with what you know works!
David Lumanauw:
Hi, Mark,
I'm not sharing about this particular PE, but about FG knot. I had a case where PE broke at end of FG knot. Turns out that the PE slice each other because I tie the final knots too hard (pulling too hard)
The first section of FG (PE x-cross each other over leader), the second section (PE knot over leader) we can pull hard.
But for the final part (PE knot over PE main line), don't pull this section too hard. PE will slice each other on shock load. Same case when you have wind knot, it will snap at shock)
So now I make FG knot with mediocre pull for the final part, don't tighten too hard for this final part.
Maybe for different PE line, they have different "slicing-each-other" index, so the same FG procedure may fail for different PE brand.
Mark Harris:
Hi David and thank you for that.
I agree with you and for that reason I do not do any half hitches over the main line. I stop the knot at the half hitches over the leader (usually) or sometimes I do a Rizutto finish to replace the half hitches over the main line.
David Lumanauw:
I might be wrong, but i feel that PE braid with "super PE" material is more vunerable to shock snap than ordinary plain spectra/dyeema material.
The PE knot over mainline (the final part of FG knot) maybe useful for protecting main PE line from leader end. I usually burn the leader line end, make it more bulky so the knots cannot slip over this bulk. But it rubs the main line PE so i still use PE knot over PE main line to protect main line from rubbing with this bulky / burnt leader end
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