Steve-Bream-Fishing 4 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 While sitting at home today watching a Berkley SP DVD they talk a lot about tying a Bimini twist in your braid before you tie on your leader, for Trout, Bream, Kings, Snapper etc, so the braid doubles in thickness to stop the braid cutting through your leader. Does anyone do this? as I'm interested in if it affects the casting and having an extra knot going through the guides? I tied a Bimini once as a practice in some mono at it was a piece of cake, got it right 1st time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SuperThahn Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I just double my line then trim still get the grip of the diameter but dont have another knot going through your guides. Biminis on my heavier braid though and an Aussie Plat on all my mono reels. Both of these knots tied properly are 100% strength Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yorke_angler 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 i use a double uni knot with about 10 twists in each for braid to mono leader.. very strong knot imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plankton 725 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I use a bimini for everything except light braid(10 lb or less)on threadline reels. I then attach my leader with an albright. Neither the bimini or albright causes any trouble going through the guides. The exception to this occurs with the lighter braid as mentioned above. I have found a greater tendency to have a wind knot occur when using a bimini, I think the double sometimes blows open and wraps a guide, so in that case I use the slim beauty knot and it has been working fine. The advantage to the bimini/albright connection is it's strength, never had one fail, and when you get snagged on something and have to bust it off 90% of the time the leader will pop right at the lure so at least you get most of your rig back. I used to use the uni to uni knot for attaching a leader but I'll never go back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve-Bream-Fishing 4 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I use an albright to tie my braid to leader, thanks to Ranger for putting me onto it , I have no probs with it at all and same as your self Plankton I've never had one fail although I have had leaders break at the leader knot due to carelessness and not checking the leader :. I have also used a uni to uni and not liked it. One night here at home I grabbed a spool of mono and tied 3 knots to test which one was the thinnest, a uni to uni, a 5 turns surgeons and a albright, I then ran my fingers along each knot and the albright had the smallest profile . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ranger 48 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 I don't bother with a bimini or a double in my light 4-6lb outfits, whichever knot I am using.An albrights is designed for tying lines of different thickness, so why bother doubling up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SuperThahn Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 alrights do slip with ultra light braid thats why you double up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shark_Fisho 1 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Im 14 yrs old and i know how tie the bimini and its a great not. using a bimini creates around %100 of ur line breaking strain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 i can tie a couple of different bimini's but don't use them on the bream,mainly because it takes me about 10 minutes to tie em.I've had more trouble with the Albright actually and had it slip on me a few times. cheers brenton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YoBBo 0 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 I use a bimini in my braid, tied to an 'improved albright' for my heavier gear. Never had 1 fail.Light gear, I do the same as Thahn, double braid to 'improved albright'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weaver 271 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Depends on what i'm chasing, but when i do tie a bimini i make the double strand of line about a metre long so i can tie numerous leaders onto it over the day as i need to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1fish 0 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Bimini Twist and an Albright (modified) Just out of curiosity how many twists do you put in your bimini 20-30-40-50?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve-Bream-Fishing 4 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Just out of curiosity how many twists do you put in your bimini 20-30-40-50?? The DVD I watched 1fish suggested 30-40 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishnfreak 0 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 i use a 40 turn bimini in my lines with a greater breaking strain than 15lb. Although i was told by a cluey fisho that a plait is better with braid while biminis are the go with mono. I still use biminis though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hooked up 0 Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 i use a 40 turn bimini in my lines with a greater breaking strain than 15lb. Although i was told by a cluey fisho that a plait is better with braid while biminis are the go with mono. I still use biminis though.Biminis for braidplaits for mono Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plankton 725 Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Bimini Twist and an Albright (modified) Just out of curiosity how many twists do you put in your bimini 20-30-40-50?? 20 turns in mono, 40 for braid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shark_Fisho 1 Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 also gd for attaching wind-on leaders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AC Hardfronts Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Biminis for braidplaits for monoyep, agree with that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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