The recommended connection is a direct fluoro-to-braid knot, but the truth is I found tying the double-uni knot difficult, time-consuming, and unreliable. So I tinkered with small barrel swivels ...

Which knot is best for me to tie two lines together—like a leader of fluorocarbon to a main line of braid? Originally, I had settled on the Double Uni. I knew all along it probably wasn’t the ...