by aka anglinarcher » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:54 pm
Have you tried the FG knot, or the Sebile knot? If you can tighten the knot well enough, it should solve your splice issues. There is NO knot in the leader at all and the force of the Nanofil would be distributed over the length of the knot (~1")
I have no way to show anyone, but ...... I have modified a knot I now call the Bimini splice. lay the two lines over each other, leader end going one way and the main line the other way, just as you would with a double uni.
Now wrap one over the other. It does not matter which one. Do this until you are tired (I like 50 to 75 times on slick lines). Don't skimp on the tag ends. I prefer to have a couple of feet extra to work with.
Now gently start to tighten the tags ends while holding the leader end and main line sationary. I know, it sounds like it takes 4 hands, but I find that I can put the main line and leader ends under heavy books, etc., to hold it.
When you are close to being snug, pinch the mono/floro side with your fingers and then start to pull firmly on the main line side, JUST LIKE A bimini twist know does. And just like the bimini twist, when it is so tight it wants to wrap over itself, let it but control it as you let it wrap over itself until you allow it to wrap doen to the leader.
I wish I could show you how it is done, and perhaps I can find a camera good enough to post this on YouTube in the future, but for now, I hope this may help.
The final part is to do a form of lock knot. I use a whip finnish type knot like what is used in fly tying.
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aka anglinarcher on Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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