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I must've watched a video that called an allbright a Uni knot or something cos I've been tying an allbright knot not a uni knot. I'm gonna give it one last try today with a back to back grinner I watched a fox vid last night and Harry Charrington said the b2b grinner works with mono to mono I'm getting in a right old knot fluster lol, allbright will work well for you Highy with a shock leader

Is the allbright knot exactly the same as a Uni knot? it looks it to me 😲

I saw some twig captures on fb earlier, I so wanted to say it was cheating 😂

Yes i did I also used the the thinner outline fluoro leader 20lb bs that knotted well with the mahin knot and looked neat, it just doesn't seem to bed down well

Thanks nick I think I've come to the conclusion it's the leader material not my knots lol, I think thick mono to mono isn't going to work with these two, I've tried a uni knot with the kinetic shock leader that isn't going anywhere and looks perfect , I've tried a mahin knot from braid to the snag leader looks good, I just think the leader isn't the right tool for the task. Unless I switched to braided Mainline but that's banned sadly. Back to the drawing board

Yes needs a bit of practice still 😂 I tend to practice a few each day until I am happy with it, I ws doing 10 turns down and 5 back up I noticed since some people do 7 down and 5 back so will try that next time, I think it's bulbous though because of the leader material.

Brilliant thanks it would appear the mahin leader knot is exactly what I needed, that doesn't seem like it will budge at all, I really want to use this leader but obvs it needs to be safe. It's one I will keep practising as its a bit fiddly lol It's the avid camo snag leader

Nick what knot would you use on a mono snag leader to Mainline I've been using the uni knot (10 turn) and it seems strong when I pull it tight but I did have one go on me last week Would blobbing the leader be the difference?

I've only used the Gardner kinetic one that is decent lasts ages but I am sure most of the top ones would be OK I think

I was thinking a glazed pellety spod mix 😳

I tried to make one yesterday I know why now 😂 I was trying it with durakord though and that is one poop Leader.

A good head of originals from the Middleton era up to 40lb, 75 VS fish and quite a few hand picked DOR 70 Strain have been added since Rob took over, my rough estimate would be about 200 but that's just a complete guess, but hopefully we can catch one or two, and have a good chance of it being a 20+

They had a load of em on the till at angling direct. £9.99 for two, I wonder if anyone is actually buying them?

We've been to smyths toy superstore /angling direct this morning 2 rainbow high dolls and an advanta sleeping bag ccx4 season, my cyprinus one has seen better days and it's heavy I already have a cover that I use mainly in the warmer months but thought its going to soon be time to want a bag also , looks alright for £67 peachskin and it has a shiny inner rather than fleece that I always seem to get stuck in 4 season and it only weighs 3kg my cyprinus weighed an actual tonne.

Yeah I guess so, but it will be easier having her onside than not mate. Hopefully she will have learnt the lesson. Sounds like you have a great wife mate that's there when the going gets tough.

I've looked at it through the fence a few times 😂 I know it used to be weedy not so sure now, it's got islands and stuff there are also a few nice originals still in there I wouldn't mind catching

Mate well done for being the responsible one and organising everything, hope it becomes less stressful and more manageable soon but you've been a hero mate. Hard as it may be try not to be too hard on your family, if your sister is trying to help get her involved it will help you in the long run, we all make mistakes, let her make it up if she is trying. I would be fuming about the holiday too though. Hope he gets better soon and it all gets sorted. Keep venting on here if you need to mate, you got to let it out somewhere.

You can catch two 👍

It will handle anything you put in it tbh and you can run it over and it will still work 😂

Good luck hope you catch a whacker

Wolf spod opens every time and casts truer, much better than a Spomb, I also rate the tfg airbomb higher than the spomb they are my two preferences anyway or boat if I want real accuracy

That's what I found too with straight through 6 wraps and it wasn't like I walloped the clip but I did go through a couple of spombs like that, one didn't open and cracked off as it went through the water leaving a spomb on my spot hardly ideal. I don't use spombs now either for that reason. 😂

If you like kranks you will love these, he does do them unsharpened and they are still sharp. But those next level sharp. But need rust proofing https://www.jprecisionhooks.co.uk/products/gapex-1

That's fair enough I used to do that most braids it was fine. But now I just use one as whatever the distance I don't have to mess about adding a shock leader when I want one, I had the same one on for ages, I also prefer it on my line holding finger to the braided line and think I get better feel from it. And less likely to slice my finger off when casting.

I find it better whatever the distance tbh, this may sound blunt as an answer not my intention but using a shock leader takes out the shock/spring out of the spod on casting as it takes the brunt of the pressure/load and tension of the initial cast so even at shorter ranges I find it helps with accuracy /consistency and all that stuff and if people see 4-5 turns of shock leader they think you are the bizness 😎 And then I cast and they think 🤡😀 I still struggle with distance tbh but it has helped get me as far as I've needed so far, although the swim I've started frequenting has a longer chuck so I'm challenging myself to pull up the big boy pants and try and improve my casting to it as it takes a good few goes too many.