Electric fg tool?

[jonnie]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

Yeah I'd long suspected bulky knots like double uni's were a cause of more guide wraps while casting

When that knot head butts each guide on the way through - there must be momentary bunching of line behind it - and the knot would also get deflected sideways on impact - (especially with light or unweighted lures I use alot of)

Obviously the lighter the line being used, the less impact each head butt has - but apart from only having to only tie one leader knot a session - the FG's dramatically decreased the amount of guide wraps I was getting.

All my rods are lower end, off the shelf, units - and the differences between the knots performances was quite easy to identify.

But before tying the FG's I would blame wind knots and guide wraps on my cheap old gear - turns out that wasnt entirely true - I'd just been tying the wrong knot

There are solutions re braid,leader,rod guides,reels and knots.
Another way around it is to use a casting fluorocarbon line all the way through,only one knot at the end.