Hi, After tying tapered leaders last night I am at a lost to decide which knot is the best. So far have tried, The Uni knot, quite easy to tie, pretty strong, Blood knot pain in the a$$ to tie quite strong as well, The four turn water knot, easy to tie and very strong. In your experiance what is the best knot to tie tapered leaders with as I am confused as to which knot is the strongest. Also any suggestions for better knots kindly accepted.

Flyinghigh

Hi FH,
I use the following:
For attachment to line - a Perfection Knot (you could use a Needle Knot)
For the ticker sections - a 3 turn blood knot (I do this down to abut 4x to 5x)
Last sections - 3 turn water knot (can't seem to trust 2 turns and 4 is not necessary.

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For tying the thickest butt section to the next step down I use an albright knot, it's the slimmest I've found for heavy mono. Everything else as above (although I do use a 2 turn water knot in lighter tippets)

Steve