(Be sure to click through all the images in the gallery above to see close-up knot photos, entrants' scores, and step-by-step knot tying instructions.)In 2010, we published the results of Sport Fishing’s first reader knot challenge. A total of 44 readers tied 30-pound braided main line to 50-pound fluorocarbon leader.How they did so varied, but about half tied a double line first (to connect to the leader), while the other half chose to leave the main line as a single strand.Many anglers — including many skippers — in fact customarily tie their braid main lines as a single strand. But at least among our entries, tying a double line proved by far the strongest connection: Of the top 12 finishers, all 12 used a double line to tie to the leader.This year’s challenge focused on knots used to create a double line, with the primary ...![Sport Fishing Mag]()
