19 hours ago, MassYak85 said:

Forgive my ignorance since I fish zero saltwater, but is this normal? At least for bass fishing generally you want to get your main line (braid) as close in diameter as you can to your leader (mono). The diameter difference between 30lb braid and 50lb mono is massive and IMO would cause the connection knot to hang up on it's way out of and into the guides. If I ever had a reason to be running 50lb leaders I would be looking at at least 65lb or 80lb braid as the mainline. 

 

That said I've switched between a few connection knots the past few years. I started with the Uni to Uni, didn't quite trust it's strength after breaking off at the leader knot on a few hooksets so I learned the FG and didn't have any issues with it, other than that it's a bit of a pain to tie, especially on the water, and the ending half hitches would sometimes unravel. Then I switched to the albright/alberto and loved it, and still use it a lot. But didn't love the knot size for heavier lines for swimbaits so I have been using the blood knot recently (Matt Allen's knot of choice) and have loved it. I use it probably 80% of the time, while throwing in an FG or alberto every once in a while. Especially with smaller lines. 

The leader never gets past the tip in most of my applications.Casting distance is very important in most of my situations.

 

 

Double uni for me.  I've spent quite a few Saturday mornings in front of the TV watching fishing shows while trying to get the FG tied right and I still can't

1 hour ago, Chris at Tech said:

Double uni for me.  I've spent quite a few Saturday mornings in front of the TV watching fishing shows while trying to get the FG tied right and I still can't

Overkill for bass fishing.

2 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Overkill for bass fishing.

I also use the double uni for all my inshore fishing as well.  I can’t remember a failure in either fresh or salt

I use the double uni as well. Seems to work well for me and never had it fail.