This is how i have been tying this knot for the last 3 years by far best and easiest way to tie it in the field or on a rocking boat. I stop a 14 weaves and have tremendous confidence in the strength of the knot. One tip i can give you is make your leader tag a little longer and hold both the main leader and the tag leader in your hands loosely while tightening the rizutto. This helps the rizutto tighten parallel with the fg and you don't get that little kink in the end. Awesome vid keep it up.
The easiest method I've seen for this knot. Thank you. I just use a double uni and have never had an issue with it, so no reason to change now since I can do that even quicker and never lost a fish due to a broken knot.
i've actually had the fg come lose on my but i think its just due to me not having enough practice with it. my go to has been uni-uni for ever but nothing beats an fg through the guides.
One of the more simpler methods I have seen. I really like the simplicity of the way you twist and wrap the main part of the knot. Great tutorial mate!
Best video yet that I've seen... And that finish wrap is one that I've used to final wrap bow strings at the end of serving wraps. Fg knots are a bit simpler than making bow strings and they should be... Fishing is suppose to be fun!
U just made a man w neuropathy have some hope for tying this knot. Granted my 12lb leader is my weak point even w an alberto knot, doesn't hurt to learn more. Awesome stuff!
Wow. That was amazing. I watched like 30 FG knot videos but this is by far the best method without an electric machine or whatever needed. Just knowledge and practice. Love it. Thanks a lot ! Tomorrow is practice day for this for myself 😬😂
Very interesting, as compared to the ending off with 4 x half hitches, as I've always tied it, with no problems. I'm going to give this a shot though, see how it performs over time. Thanks for video 👍.
very cool way to get those FG. I personally singe the FG with a rizzuto as well, but I like how fast you are doing those FG wraps, starting to pratice right now!
Certainly a different twist (pun intended) on this best knot ever. I was waiting for you to throw a few extra 1/2 hitches using the braid after you cut the flouro just to hide the sharp tag end but hey no biggie. Great job brother
Cheers mate. Never found the need. I have fished this knot extensively with Yellowtail to 100lb, GT to over 100lb, tuna to 200lb and everything else you can imagine with no failures. The only other addition is you could hit the leader end with a lighter or Bouz lighter to bulb it 👌🎣🐟
I was waiting for a half hitch or 2, nice to see a different method. My tag pullers are very similar, I use garden hose on an aluminium rod works a treat, I'm gunna make a couple more out of dowel and garden hose.
Fruk me dead I’ve watched 6hundred million channels on how to tie this knot and only ended up frustrated. I watched this once and it all makes sense and finally got it to work thanks 😊
Awesome mate, so glad. It's essentially why I filmed these videos, I found the same with a lot of knot videos. I just wanted them to be easy to understand and follow 👍
Having some problems with this knot. Mostly the hitches for some reason but I enjoy your method a lot. Can’t wait to give it a shot after work. Keep it up.
Cheers mate. You give it a go, practice lots. If you want to try the method with the hitches a lot of people will go 6 alternating over the braid and leader, then trim the leader, then another 6 alternating just on the braid and then the rizutto finish I do here. I just find it's all not really needed, this method here has never given me any grief 👌
Wow this is the fastest I have ever seen this knot tied. I am going to have to give it a try. Thanks man! I’ll probably go with the half hitch knot instead, but I will try yours first. Cheers 🍻
I use to do the half hitches, but after tying 100s like this and catching many good fish, I hace never had one with just the Rizutto finish come undone even after weeks of casting 👍
If you put one half hitch on the knot after all the criss cross wraps and tighten the wraps first then put your rizuto finish on the rizuto will fit a lot more snug to the main knot I do like the way you make your wraps.. nice job..
Absolutely Knot 100% I’ve never seen an FG tied this way but I’m gonna try it next time. I hold the braid end in my teeth and the rod with my feet 🤣 It works well but your way looks easier once you get the hang of it
This method with the rizzuto finish is the least smooth and streamlined going through the guides becaause the end of the leader is left exposed creating a big bump. Other methods use hitches tied in the braid adjacent to the end of the leader to create a smoother transition.
@@araldf Sorry I watched so many different vids I cant remember which ones. I'd always recommend watching multiple instructional vids with knots because of how much interpretation and variation there is.
@@markrigg6623 I strongly disagree (at least for not that thick lines), for me the rizzuto finish is the smoothest for my microguides (0.4 tip), true I tie 12-15lb braid to 12-14lb flurocarbon leader, probably your experience with with way thicker lines.
very well done. but an fg with a thick leader is quite easy. many of us fish with very thin leader and a fg with thin leader is very difficult. maybe you can show it?
Exact same method mate. I recorded it one time with pe0.6 and 10lb leader but couldn't see anything in the video 🤣 need to figure out a way to show it better 👍
Wow this is a great looking method. Coming from bass fishing in the US your line diameter is enormous so I wonder how well this will transfer to tying with 8-20lb flouro
12lb fluoro is very thin, you'd probably be better off with a different knot such as a double uni. The FG is for joining thinner braid to much, MUCH heavier mono (like 40lb braid to 80lb mono).
Thank you so much for this clear video instruction on how to tie this useful knot, one that I have been struggling with. I especially appreciate the Rizutto finish. However, I have one question - wouldn't it be better to tighten the main knot first, and then the Rizutto? It appears to me that you are trying to tighten the main knot through the previously tightened Rizutto...
@@Deanobravio I prefer to do a single half hitch once I finish my wraps, then lock in the FG knot as it stretches the knot out. Once the knot has been stretched I finish it off with either more half hitches or rizutto.
@@turbostyler for sure, plenty of people do multiple half hitches. I encourage everybody to find a way that suits them and use that. This method negates the need for all of the half hitches
I find it better to tie the fg,then put a single half hitch. Tighten up the fg til you get the colour change,then put a rizutto finish. Tension that up Job done Nice upload bro
If you back off the pressure, you might find the technique still successful on light line. I still use this technique for pe0.6 and 10lb leader. Anything less than that i cant be bothered tying FG anyway 🤣👍
a good one.. nice version of the FG.. I still finish mine with a couple of half-hitches and a double half-hitch rather than complicate it even more with what you did that to me makes it 'bulky' not smooth.. just my personal preference
Yeh thats fair. What most people do is 6 half hitches over the leader and braid, trim the leader, then 6 half hitches over the braid only, and then finish with a Rizutto finish as I do. This method simplifies all of that to just the Rizutto finish. I encourage people to tie it the way that works for them 👍 tight lines 🎣🐟
Hey thanks called the local home builder big box stores. They all have 1/2 in or 3/4 in heatshrink tube for sale. They both come in a 2 pk (about 4 inches long) for like $ 3.00. Score. Of course 1/2 and 3/4 in dowel for sale as well at same store. I know what Im doin tomorrow. Thx for the tip.
I am a bass fisherman. I tried this in 20lb braid to 8lb mono. 2 months later I’m still trying to use this technique but impossible. Must be done in wider gauge lines only?
Hey mate. Its a bit weird to be tying braid that is 3 x heavier than the leader. But to give you some idea i often tie this FG knot in 6lb braid and 10lb mono. So shouldnt be too much issue, back the tension off a bit maybe
Just having terrible time getting the FG knot. I can tie a beautiful Alberto, double uni, blood not etc but I just can't get this knot. Is it mainly for very heavy fluoro to heavy braid? Practicing with PE 3 braid and fairly stiff mono maybe 30-40 lbs. Tried Briggsy's FG knot and actually got to the risutto stage but the leader pulled right out like a Chinese finger cuff toy. Tried your method, which looks easier but couldn't even manage the bridge part properly. I should say I'm 60 years old and have a fair amount of arthritis in my hands. Also have a bum shoulder so don't plan on going after 40 kilo class tuna, GT etc. Also giving up casting big lures and big weighted baits from the beach. Mainly planning on sight fishing mahi mahi and bottom fishing for reef species but need to be ready for the opportunity of a 10 to 15 kilo fish. Do I really need the FG given these limitations/parameters?
Hi mate, the fg, is not the be all and end all. I truly do think this is by far the easiest way to tie it, but if it's not working for you there's nothing wrong with a well tied uni to uni or Alberto knot 👍
You really need to sinch after one half hitch. Doing what you did had caused premature breaking at the top of the knot in my testing. Just do your wraps, half hitch, sinch, rizzuto, trim burn tag ends to little balls. I take the braid and when it gets low and melted I'll smash it into the knot with my thumb and pointer finger. Little things like that even cause better knots. In my testing every time I bubble and ball the FC/mono then melt the braid into the knot I've literally for a week straight work lbs of tension ran it back and forth with my nails, then on a rod. By the end of the week that knot lasted. I would still have fished it it had nothing wrong.
No right or wrong way mate, this is the method I've used for plenty of local and international trips with plenty of fish to 200lb and never had an issue 👍 tight lines
Still looking for an easier way to do it with lighter leader...like 12 pound test. Only way I can get it to work is by keeping a lot of tension on the leader, too.
This method doesn't need tension. Trust me, with so many people struggling to tie FG in light line it is one of my next videos, but at the moment suffering with a broken finger 👍
Absolutely Knot hope your finger is doing better! I will certainly watch your video when you do it, as lighter mainline likes to get kinked by the braid wrapping around it until there are several wraps. I did actually succeed with another method that keeps it pinched between the fingers the entire time. No tension on either line. But still want to find the best way for me. :)
FINALLY!!!! Finally I have found a very clear, in focus, up close video showing how to do the twists! Thank you so much.
This is how i have been tying this knot for the last 3 years by far best and easiest way to tie it in the field or on a rocking boat. I stop a 14 weaves and have tremendous confidence in the strength of the knot. One tip i can give you is make your leader tag a little longer and hold both the main leader and the tag leader in your hands loosely while tightening the rizutto. This helps the rizutto tighten parallel with the fg and you don't get that little kink in the end. Awesome vid keep it up.
Thank you ,
Very easy and strong
By far best fg knot method on TH-cam... I watched like 30 videos before I found this one!!!
The easiest method I've seen for this knot. Thank you. I just use a double uni and have never had an issue with it, so no reason to change now since I can do that even quicker and never lost a fish due to a broken knot.
i've actually had the fg come lose on my but i think its just due to me not having enough practice with it. my go to has been uni-uni for ever but nothing beats an fg through the guides.
One of the more simpler methods I have seen.
I really like the simplicity of the way you twist and wrap the main part of the knot.
Great tutorial mate!
Cheers mate 👍 yeh I've tried a lot of different ways and this is by far my preferred
I know I’m late to the party here, but that is an exceptional demo for the FG. I know what I’m doing this winter.
Glad you liked it mate 👍 tight lines 🎣🐟
Saliva in the frame "not aesthetically pleasing, but practical :))" This is the best demonstration of this node that I have met. Thanks.
Спасибо !
This is the best FG knot I have seen.
I have to say this is by far the easiest method to remember I've seen and looks easier to tie! Thanks man!
Probably the most instructional video on this knot. Made my first FG knot, thanks to you kind sir. Now, to try it out.
Glad you found it easy. Ive had a few people now say the same, thats why i wanted to share the way i tie it. Tight lines! 🎣🐟
Best video yet that I've seen... And that finish wrap is one that I've used to final wrap bow strings at the end of serving wraps. Fg knots are a bit simpler than making bow strings and they should be... Fishing is suppose to be fun!
Awesome mate, glad you enjoyed 👌
Best FG tutorial I've found so far! Cheers mate. 👍
Awesome! By far the best finish I have seen. Especially like the use of the dowels for tightening.
Thank you mate. Yeh, very quick and easy 👌
This has to be one of the easiest methods I've seen so far! Good job!
Nice job. After watching several others, I like your method the best. Thanks!
U just made a man w neuropathy have some hope for tying this knot. Granted my 12lb leader is my weak point even w an alberto knot, doesn't hurt to learn more. Awesome stuff!
Wow. That was amazing. I watched like 30 FG knot videos but this is by far the best method without an electric machine or whatever needed. Just knowledge and practice. Love it. Thanks a lot ! Tomorrow is practice day for this for myself 😬😂
Ah, awesome mate, thanks very much. Glad it helped 👍
Awesome Explanation and Method for tying this Leader Knot !! Thanks, Richard
Great instruction for the FG. Ive seen them all and your is best. Kind Regards, Andy Venezuela
Thank you Andy 👌
Very interesting, as compared to the ending off with 4 x half hitches, as I've always tied it, with no problems. I'm going to give this a shot though, see how it performs over time. Thanks for video 👍.
very cool way to get those FG. I personally singe the FG with a rizzuto as well, but I like how fast you are doing those FG wraps, starting to pratice right now!
Thank you man, I definitely find it the easiest way to get the wraps 🤙
This is definitely the easiest and fastest way to tie it. Thanks!
Awesome mate, glad you liked it 👌🎣🐟
Certainly a different twist (pun intended) on this best knot ever. I was waiting for you to throw a few extra 1/2 hitches using the braid after you cut the flouro just to hide the sharp tag end but hey no biggie. Great job brother
Cheers mate. Never found the need. I have fished this knot extensively with Yellowtail to 100lb, GT to over 100lb, tuna to 200lb and everything else you can imagine with no failures. The only other addition is you could hit the leader end with a lighter or Bouz lighter to bulb it 👌🎣🐟
I was waiting for a half hitch or 2, nice to see a different method. My tag pullers are very similar, I use garden hose on an aluminium rod works a treat, I'm gunna make a couple more out of dowel and garden hose.
The ends of the fg have always been a challenge for me. This helps! Thanks
Im so glad mate. Theres many different ways to finish an FG knot, but i find this the best way 👌
Best FG Knot so far!
Thanks mate 👍
Dis is an aewsome & easy FG knot bud. Thank u im gonna try dis out
Fruk me dead I’ve watched 6hundred million channels on how to tie this knot and only ended up frustrated. I watched this once and it all makes sense and finally got it to work thanks 😊
Awesome mate, so glad. It's essentially why I filmed these videos, I found the same with a lot of knot videos. I just wanted them to be easy to understand and follow 👍
Subscribed!! Finally found the easiest way to learn fg knot. Nice how u lock it with the reverse uni. Many thanks
Awesome mate , im so glad it helped you tie the FG Knot! 👌🤙🎣🐟
Having some problems with this knot. Mostly the hitches for some reason but I enjoy your method a lot. Can’t wait to give it a shot after work. Keep it up.
Cheers mate. You give it a go, practice lots. If you want to try the method with the hitches a lot of people will go 6 alternating over the braid and leader, then trim the leader, then another 6 alternating just on the braid and then the rizutto finish I do here. I just find it's all not really needed, this method here has never given me any grief 👌
Way easier fg knot... I’ll be using this way of tying instead of the old way! Thanks!
I normally use the under and over version where you don't need tight lines, but this looks pretty good. Might give it a go.
I am always using this knot 👍👍👍
Strong and easy
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Thanks man! This really helped a lot. Couldn’t do it for the life of me the other ways
Have caught a few sharks tying it this way knot held fine. Thanks mate for the vid made this knot doable for me.
So glad this video mate it easier for you to tie the FG Knot and get amongst a few fish, tight lines 👍🎣🐟
Wow this is the fastest I have ever seen this knot tied. I am going to have to give it a try. Thanks man! I’ll probably go with the half hitch knot instead, but I will try yours first. Cheers 🍻
Yeh mate, have no troubles tying this variation in a boat, even when the weather is shitty 👍
Been doing the half hitch finish with 6/ 3 each way... Will definitely learn this method thanks
I use to do the half hitches, but after tying 100s like this and catching many good fish, I hace never had one with just the Rizutto finish come undone even after weeks of casting 👍
Thanks. This is much easier than what i've practice now.
Youre welcome mate, im glad you find it easier 👍
Never been able to tie this knot until i watched this. Thanks
Thats great mate! Super happy, tight lines 🎣🐟
Love that bridge method. Way easier on a moving boat. Cheers.
The best on a moving boat 👍
I think this is the best way to finish the knot
Thanks for the lesson! This is a superior finish in comparison to what i was doing. This is my new preferred method
So glad mate, tight lines!
Thank you!!! By far the easiest.
If you put one half hitch on the knot after all the criss cross wraps and tighten the wraps first then put your rizuto finish on the rizuto will fit a lot more snug to the main knot I do like the way you make your wraps.. nice job..
Thanks mate 👍
Excellent video.
Best method.....period!!
So a FG knot with a bimini twist🤔! I think I like this one!
I think maybe youre thinking of the rizutto instead of the bimini. But either way a great knot 👍
Best explanation !
Legend has it, the only time this guy has broken a leader knot is while tying it
Better that than on a fish 👌🎣🐟
Absolutely Knot 100% I’ve never seen an FG tied this way but I’m gonna try it next time. I hold the braid end in my teeth and the rod with my feet 🤣 It works well but your way looks easier once you get the hang of it
@@realjeffgarrett yeh I don't mind that method with the teeth and letting the rod fall away because it keeps good tension and frees up both hands 👌
Yep, along with others love that finish . Will give this a go many thanks
Thanks heaps, going to try this method.
Nice Video man, im so helpful.
Glad you liked it 👍
This method with the rizzuto finish is the least smooth and streamlined going through the guides becaause the end of the leader is left exposed creating a big bump. Other methods use hitches tied in the braid adjacent to the end of the leader to create a smoother transition.
interesting, could you share links of those options?
@@araldf Sorry I watched so many different vids I cant remember which ones. I'd always recommend watching multiple instructional vids with knots because of how much interpretation and variation there is.
th-cam.com/video/pjzUb5QRKuk/w-d-xo.html 4:30 mark
@@markrigg6623 I strongly disagree (at least for not that thick lines), for me the rizzuto finish is the smoothest for my microguides (0.4 tip), true I tie 12-15lb braid to 12-14lb flurocarbon leader, probably your experience with with way thicker lines.
@@RazvanStefan Micro guides are not designed for such heavy line and in many cases will cost you casting distance.
very well done. but an fg with a thick leader is quite easy. many of us fish with very thin leader and a fg with thin leader is very difficult. maybe you can show it?
Exact same method mate. I recorded it one time with pe0.6 and 10lb leader but couldn't see anything in the video 🤣 need to figure out a way to show it better 👍
You must try relix knot,that's perfect knot ever👍🙏
awesome, efficient method. many thanks mate and happy fishing.
Wow this is a great looking method. Coming from bass fishing in the US your line diameter is enormous so I wonder how well this will transfer to tying with 8-20lb flouro
12lb fluoro is very thin, you'd probably be better off with a different knot such as a double uni. The FG is for joining thinner braid to much, MUCH heavier mono (like 40lb braid to 80lb mono).
simple and strong..👍👍👍
Thank you so much for this clear video instruction on how to tie this useful knot, one that I have been struggling with. I especially appreciate the Rizutto finish. However, I have one question - wouldn't it be better to tighten the main knot first, and then the Rizutto? It appears to me that you are trying to tighten the main knot through the previously tightened Rizutto...
I like tightening the rizutto finish first just so the wraps have something to lock up against 👌
@@Deanobravio I prefer to do a single half hitch once I finish my wraps, then lock in the FG knot as it stretches the knot out. Once the knot has been stretched I finish it off with either more half hitches or rizutto.
@@turbostyler for sure, plenty of people do multiple half hitches. I encourage everybody to find a way that suits them and use that. This method negates the need for all of the half hitches
I find it better to tie the fg,then put a single half hitch.
Tighten up the fg til you get the colour change,then put a rizutto finish.
Tension that up
Job done
Nice upload bro
Yeh awesome mate, no issues with that either 👌
when using a smaller gauge line its a bit more difficult.
Follow up, this is actually quite difficult with smaller diameter leader, like the 12lb flouro I just tried. Still a great method for larger lines
If you back off the pressure, you might find the technique still successful on light line. I still use this technique for pe0.6 and 10lb leader. Anything less than that i cant be bothered tying FG anyway 🤣👍
Absolutely Knot thanks for the reply. I’ll give it a shot
Very good.... Thanks bro, big like👍👍
Like the Risotto finish , use it on PR knot 👍🏻
with thinner mono is certainly more difficult but with some patience it could work too!
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That's brilliant bro..thanks
Thank you, you make it simple and It's looks very strong knot, I like it
This is making the FG knot to complicated...way easier ways to do but this one does look very strong.
Great video friend
Excellent method - thanks!
Old mate in the background gettin some with the chainsaw 😂
Very nice. Well done.
Got lost at the Rizutto but I will come back to give it a try with line in hand one day soon I am certain.
thank you bro for good idea
Since I am in North America should I twist the opposite way for this knot?
Thats probably wise 👌
That’s a way more simple technique 👌
I definitely find it the easiest method 👍
Very cool, keeping things simple 👏👏👏
a good one.. nice version of the FG.. I still finish mine with a couple of half-hitches and a double half-hitch rather than complicate it even more with what you did that to me makes it 'bulky' not smooth.. just my personal preference
Yeh thats fair. What most people do is 6 half hitches over the leader and braid, trim the leader, then 6 half hitches over the braid only, and then finish with a Rizutto finish as I do. This method simplifies all of that to just the Rizutto finish. I encourage people to tie it the way that works for them 👍 tight lines 🎣🐟
Excellent and fast.
Wow watched this 20 times and can’t figure out how you do this up down twist thing.
I have wached ,thank you
I like this....
Good job....
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Great technique on heavier lines but not so much on 3kg braid/4kg flourocarbon.
Actually it works perfect on light lines like you suggested. I've be meaning to redo it in light lines, but you can't see anything in the video 🤣
@@Deanobravio please do it!
6lb braid and 8lb leader.
I'll subscribe forever! 😎😜
Hey thanks called the local home builder big box stores. They all have 1/2 in or 3/4 in heatshrink tube for sale. They both come in a 2 pk (about 4 inches long) for like $ 3.00. Score. Of course 1/2 and 3/4 in dowel for sale as well at same store. I know what Im doin tomorrow. Thx for the tip.
I am a bass fisherman. I tried this in 20lb braid to 8lb mono. 2 months later I’m still trying to use this technique but impossible. Must be done in wider gauge lines only?
Hey mate. Its a bit weird to be tying braid that is 3 x heavier than the leader. But to give you some idea i often tie this FG knot in 6lb braid and 10lb mono. So shouldnt be too much issue, back the tension off a bit maybe
Nice video nice info brooo🥰🥰🥰🥰
The best master 👍👍👍
Thanks
Way easier than my way thanks mate
You deff do it differently then I do... but your way seems like more work and time!!!
Different can be good. Id like to see your way if you've got a video because this is by far the quickest and easiest method I've come across 👍
@@Deanobravio it might be quicker for you but definitely not for me if you go to Salt strong FG knot on TH-cam that's how I tie my knot
if I could Id give you another like, awesome video
Thank you mate, tried to make it as easy as possible for everyone 👍
instructive video how long you have the initial loop ? thanks
Thank you good video
Just having terrible time getting the FG knot. I can tie a beautiful Alberto, double uni, blood not etc but I just can't get this knot. Is it mainly for very heavy fluoro to heavy braid? Practicing with PE 3 braid and fairly stiff mono maybe 30-40 lbs. Tried Briggsy's FG knot and actually got to the risutto stage but the leader pulled right out like a Chinese finger cuff toy. Tried your method, which looks easier but couldn't even manage the bridge part properly. I should say I'm 60 years old and have a fair amount of arthritis in my hands. Also have a bum shoulder so don't plan on going after 40 kilo class tuna, GT etc. Also giving up casting big lures and big weighted baits from the beach. Mainly planning on sight fishing mahi mahi and bottom fishing for reef species but need to be ready for the opportunity of a 10 to 15 kilo fish. Do I really need the FG given these limitations/parameters?
Chinese finger cuff toy.
Should also mention I'm just getting into braid for the first time.
Hi mate, the fg, is not the be all and end all. I truly do think this is by far the easiest way to tie it, but if it's not working for you there's nothing wrong with a well tied uni to uni or Alberto knot 👍
good sharing bro👍
Uni to uni with a tapered leader works fine for me
Thats the go mate, use whatever works for you 👍
You really need to sinch after one half hitch. Doing what you did had caused premature breaking at the top of the knot in my testing. Just do your wraps, half hitch, sinch, rizzuto, trim burn tag ends to little balls. I take the braid and when it gets low and melted I'll smash it into the knot with my thumb and pointer finger. Little things like that even cause better knots. In my testing every time I bubble and ball the FC/mono then melt the braid into the knot I've literally for a week straight work lbs of tension ran it back and forth with my nails, then on a rod. By the end of the week that knot lasted. I would still have fished it it had nothing wrong.
No right or wrong way mate, this is the method I've used for plenty of local and international trips with plenty of fish to 200lb and never had an issue 👍 tight lines
@@Deanobravio there definitely is a right and wrong way but if it works for you that's all that matters
Still looking for an easier way to do it with lighter leader...like 12 pound test. Only way I can get it to work is by keeping a lot of tension on the leader, too.
This method doesn't need tension. Trust me, with so many people struggling to tie FG in light line it is one of my next videos, but at the moment suffering with a broken finger 👍
Absolutely Knot hope your finger is doing better! I will certainly watch your video when you do it, as lighter mainline likes to get kinked by the braid wrapping around it until there are several wraps. I did actually succeed with another method that keeps it pinched between the fingers the entire time. No tension on either line. But still want to find the best way for me. :)