Down rigger line release clips
- Thread starter DELPHIN
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.... Don't use braid ..
There are several options.
1) Use heavier braid - I tend to run 65# power pro and it does OK in the standard Scotty clips.
2) As you have done, add some mono topshot. I like this option the best as there are some additional benefits to a little mono topshot. I use a modified albright knot to connect the mono to the braid.
3) Modify the downrigger clips. See page 3 of this thread. The fuel line tensioner works great with braid.
1) Use heavier braid - I tend to run 65# power pro and it does OK in the standard Scotty clips.
2) As you have done, add some mono topshot. I like this option the best as there are some additional benefits to a little mono topshot. I use a modified albright knot to connect the mono to the braid.
3) Modify the downrigger clips. See page 3 of this thread. The fuel line tensioner works great with braid.
Fish Assassin
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Run braid with a mono Topshot of 70-100 feet 
Tailwalker
Active Member
I use braid on my rigger and recently switched to Pro-Release II. It takes a little getting used to but I no longer have the unintentional releases due to line or pad contamination (e.g.,scent) that occurred with the Scotty release. You should easily be able to use the 30# braid. BTW, I also crimp on a safety harness onto the release so if the big clip that attaches to the rigger line comes off, you won't lose the clip. It is a mono line, about 8 inches that is attached to the clip (with crimped loop) and the other end is a coastlok clip that is attached to the rigger line but is able to slide freely up and down. I can send picture if you want.
Toothpicks for the win, but I usually go with 50+ lb braid. Once you hit around 100lb braid it will stay in the clip like mono, but unlike mono it will twist something fierce.
searun
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I've been fishing Suffix 832 super braid for 4 seasons. Tried running it straight through and can tell you the Scotty Clips do not like braid! So, I now run floro top shot (about 50 feet) to allow me to more effectively run the Scotty clips...no issues. Just use the Uni Knot to join braid to the floro. No issues with the knot coming apart.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
Olde School
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I also made the mistake of going with 30# braid at first.
Then spent most of a season trying all of the above fixes.
Have been using 80# braid for several years now. Behaves better than mono.
Then spent most of a season trying all of the above fixes.
Have been using 80# braid for several years now. Behaves better than mono.
Birdsnest
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This connection knot worked great for me last year. I use 40# braid on 40# flouro. I used the same knot for the whole year but I modified it with the use of some crazy glue at the back of the knot and then added some independent uni knots(with a separate piece of braid) up the mono a bit as wear material.
EDIT: Forgot to put in link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R3_znSAPz8
EDIT: Forgot to put in link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R3_znSAPz8
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Derby
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Birdsnest
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I'm not using the uni. I forgot to put the link to the knot I use. It is there now. The advantage of this knot is when a fish runs and pulls the knot through the guides there it is Very smooth running out the guides. This also makes it ideal for casting. Its not the same bringing the knot into the guides tho and this is why I added the uni knots.
Fish Assassin
Crew Member
Easy, no glue needed and no problem with small eyes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RiSik3Jqs7M
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RiSik3Jqs7M
That's the knot I use although I didn't name it after myself like John Collins.
That knot has been around for awhile and it's alternatively known as the double Albright, improved Albright or the modified Albright.Tailwalker
Active Member
The Albright is a good knot to use to connect braid to mono, smaller knot than the Uni. The other option is to use hollow braid to connect mono to solid braid and no knots!
