uni knot. I use 20 / 30 pound braid on my spining reels and tie on a 12 to 17 pound flouro leader. My bigest fish on this combo was a 6 pound 11 oz bass. My rods are 6 foot 6 in and a 1/16th to 3/4 oz action. If I use a med to heavy action rod I risk snaping the flouro at the knot on the hook set with anything less than 17 pound floro. Works the same for a bait caster set up.Last edited by PaPa Basscat on July 22nd, 2011, 7:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.