What's the best shock leader knot

Just wondering what's the best knot to use to tie 80lb untapered shock leader to 30lb main line. Any ideas or links will be carefully inspected and considered.

Cheers,
Evan

i use the albright knot, see here: www.animatedknots.com does the biz for me

[roger de dodger]

Just wondering what's the best knot to use to tie 80lb untapered shock leader to 30lb main line. i know the fish in cork are big but didnt think they where that big looks like donal was tellin the trute boy whatever one you use give it a good testing first if you get what your tackling up for you dont want to loose it cos of a dodgy knot

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the spider hitch.... its simple an very effective go onto the total sea fishing website there a video showing you how to tie it

allbright,spider hitch and bimini twist,tricky to learn ,but wont let you down,bimini looks untidy
for traveling through guides but wont restrict line flow,tournament casters favour the "blob knot"
I was sceptical about it at first,it has never let me down,but my casting is rubbish

Just wondering what's the best knot to use to tie 80lb untapered shock leader to 30lb main line. i know the fish in cork are big but didnt think they where that big looks like donal was tellin the trute boy whatever one you use give it a good testing first if you get what your tackling up for you dont want to loose it cos of a dodgy knot

Big congers in filthy rough ground so i want to be careful and make sure i land anything i hook. Bit of a distance to lift them up too.

blob knot , or needle knot

Just wondering what's the best knot to use to tie 80lb untapered shock leader to 30lb main line. i know the fish in cork are big but didnt think they where that big looks like donal was tellin the trute boy whatever one you use give it a good testing first if you get what your tackling up for you dont want to loose it cos of a dodgy knot

Big congers in filthy rough ground so i want to be careful and make sure i land anything i hook. Bit of a distance to lift them up too.

bimini twist is your only man. it dont break

bimini twist is your only man. it dont break

I know how to tie this knot to form a loop. How do you use it to join leader to main line.

i use the albright knot, see here: http://www.animatedknots.com does the biz for me

I used this knot for my leader. As mentioned about it was 30lb main line to 80lb shock leader. I fished that set up last night, I snagged up badly once and had to pull for a break. And by F**K it took some pulling. So it seems to do the job. When it did break, the main line snapped back with such force, it cut my knuckles open.

+1 for the spider hitch. Neil showed me it 3 weeks ago down in wicklow. Mastered it and love it!