hey guys, just wonderin if anyone has ever had an issue with this knot slippin out? i have it tied on my flippin n pitchin rod(50# braid to 20# fluoro leader) seems to be very strong but havent had a chance to try it out yet.

If you tie it properly it'll almost never fail. Both of them are great knots.

No issues with either knot, but I'm still more comfortable with the Alberto Knot.

The greatest chance of slipping is while tying. If you lose your grip on a tag end you can slip the knot before it is cinched. Once tied correctly it is a strong low profile knot.

Tie it like this, and you won't have any issues.

I've tried both but prefer the Albright.

I use the albright. To avoid slippage MAKE SURE you cinch it down good especially when using flouro.

Hey JFrancho,

Great video!

I prefer to not use a leader when possible, as it is just another weak link that may fail, but when I do use a leader, it is always the Albright Special. Great knot!

Never had a problem with either one slipping. Just remember to wet the knot before cinching down. Got in a rush a few times during tournaments and broke fish off.

I break off all leaders when slamming the hook with my heavy action flipping stick so I don't use leaders anymore...BUT

I use those knots a lot for smallmouth fishing and found that if you manipulate the number of wraps you will find that you will get better or worse performance.

Try different wraps and see what holds best when you test it in your garage.

I found more wraps the better with the braid. I would do 12-14. Maybe 10 going up and 4 back down.

Anyways see what works!

uni to uni.. I use it for all of my braid to leader connections..4 turns with your leader 10-11 turns with the braid..more than strong enough for LMB.

I've yet to have a problem with the alberto, it's a seldom used knot for me as I use it to target only one species. I did use it about a month ago and left the leader tied on and was catching some pretty hard fighting fish, the knot came thru with flying colors.

I don't think a leader is a weak spot, unless it's a light one. If I were to fish with 20# braid and a 15# leader, my effective line strength would be 15#. As a rule I double my line test for leaders are 10#braid/20#leader for freshwater and 15/30 &20/40 for salt, this has worked well for me. The overwhelming amount of my fishing is throwing moving baits, gonna get line wrapped around hooks for sure, a mono leader is much easier to unravel than braid, for that reason alone leaders make sense to me...........I never fish without one.

the knot in that youtube video is labeled as an albright knot but it looks like an alberto knot to me because midway through the loops, he reverses the direction of the loops...in an albright, the loops only go in one direction. am i wrong here?

anyway, i used to use the uni-to-uni but had too many failures. after getting the alberto down pat, i've not had a single lost fish or lure because of the connection knot.

It's actually called a modified Albright, but yeah, it's the same as a Crazy Alberto's knot: http://www.stripersonline.com/a/albertos-knot

Whomever posted the youtube video titled it incorrectly.