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Thanks @Green Hornet good to know that it works with leaders that light. I must have done closer to 30 wraps (probably overkill) so I might reduce that when I try again.

As much as I’m trying to up my knot game. The best knot is the one that gets the fish. If I can catch a 70+ lizard one day (on whatever knot) I’ll be smiling for a week.

Thanks @DerekD. I can’t see myself changing to lighter mainline at the moment so this sounds like a good option to try out.

I think you might have found my problem. I was tying 4lb fluoro to 8lb braid mainline.

Sounds interesting. Anything that’s easier to tie than an FG can only be a good thing 😆

Thanks I’ve never tried an Improved Albright. I’ll have to check it out 🙂

Thanks for the welcome! Yeah, I’m pretty sure I put too much tension on but from all the FG tying videos I watched it seems like you need a lot of tension for it to hold properly. So I wonder if going easy on the tension will compromise the hold? And maybe it’s not worth the effort tying FGs with light leader? As you said, with leader that light the uni knot is pretty small anyway.

Hey there Raiders! After months of viewing the site as a guest I finally joined the community. As a new lure fisho (after 20yr hiatus from bait fishing) I’ve learnt so much from all the amazing knowledge on the site, so thanks to everyone who contributes. I was wondering what leader knot people use for super light leaders? I’ve been using an FG on 8lb leader, which has worked great and I’m finally getting decent at tying it. But on the weekend, 3hrs into a session targeting bream without a single bite and way too many lost lures, I tried switching to 4lb in the hope of something, anything happening. It was my first time tying an FG with 4lb and it was all good until I tried tightening the knot down and the leader snapped. I was too frustrated to try another FG in the wind so I went back to a double uni. So I guess my real question is, is an FG a feasible knot for super light leader (and I just need to ease off and not tighten it down so much) or should I not bother and go with a double uni or something else with the silly string? Thanks in advance for your wisdom!