Paul Arden wrote:Ah, just needed a break! Nothing serious.

Ah.

If it's nothing serious then, can we have him back, for Christmas. You know - season of goodwill and all of that?

Ta.

W.

(Although if it is about cheese then that's really serious, and I think therapy may be in order).

I've been trying the slim beauty too, nice knot.

Other alternatives include using a tiny swivel or a welded ring between the wire and the mono,

Yep, I'm currently using the heavier leader rings. Very simple and neat.

W.

I use the albright and it stuck during a good run of fish that eat 'cudas for breakfast. Never had the knot fail on me. However, as with all knots for tropical fishing: check and double check them. As for curling up wire: Lars, give Knot2kinky a try, it is a single strand titanium/nickel wire that ...

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