Has anyone else experienced huge problems with fluorocarbon and surgeon’s knot?
I use it for my leaders (fly fishing) when creating a loop to connect to the loop of my sink tip.
When snagged, the leader (usually non-tapered, 15-20lb test) always breaks at the surgeon’s loop knot. And quite easy too, I’m certainly not pulling 15 or 20lb.
To attach my fly I mostly use the rapala knot, in my mind a weaker knot. When using mono it’s always the opposite.
I’ve started tying a perfection loop instead for my loop to loop.