Frank, as always I read every one of your columns and the daily column from the different guides.  We now have 3 years of inside fishing experience and the articles and fishing once a month with Justin have helped.  But I have a long way to go.

I have a question for you.  I am using Power Pro 10# line for snook, redfish and trout fishing. Doug Olander wrote an article “At The Breaking Point” in the August Sport Fishing magazine evaluating braided lines and knots. After a lot of testing he is recommending the Yucatan knot for line to leader using braided line.  I’ve tried the Double Uni knot for this but still have problems with it so I use the Surgeon’s knot mostly. What knot do you recommend for 10# Power Pro to 30 leader?—Dean

Dean: I’ve found the simple solution to avoiding cut-throughs with braid is just to double the braid, and then tie whatever knot you like. I use a double-uni, and have not had a cut-through in years. It takes a little more time to tie this way and you have to be very careful in drawing it down to get all the loops out, but one tie will last until you use up all the leader, so it’s well worth doing. Tight lines, FS