Blood splicing?

Hello fellow yakkers!!!  hahaha
I was wondering if it was safe to blood splice from braid to braid?  I ran short on my baitcaster and I do not want to unspool it and re-spool it.  I also do not want to lose a fish if I do splice the braid to braid.  Thanks guys, your tribal knowledge is greatly appreciated.

There is more than one knot to achieve braid to braid connections. I think blood splicing should be fine if targeting lighter fish ie(salmon, trout or small sturgeon) but if targeting oversized sturgeon or tuna ect, I would just re-spool my reel as any knot in your braid is a definite weakness. 


-Rodney-

Your knot is only a weakness if it is a poor knot or poorly tied.

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Thanks guys.  just going for Chum and Coho, trying to stay light tackle.  10lbs to 10lbs.

Just an idea... you could take a small swivel and tie both lines to the swivel. Assuming that it would pass through the guides and possibly the eye of a levelwind. I run my lead core line to a swivel and then tie on fluorocarbon top shots to the other end just like I described and under the right use and circumstances it works just fine.

Google an uni uni knot that will do what you need


-Rodney-

http://sportfishin.asia/useful-resources/fishing-knots/braid-to-braid-knot/


-Rodney-

How much line you have left on the spool?  And how much are you looking to add?

-Allen

Why not splice in the new piece of line and then take the line off the reel and put it on (backwards) with the knot and new piece on the bottom of the spool. You would probably never see the knot again or have to worry about the knot going through the guides.

Why not splice in the new piece of line and then take the line off the reel and put it on (backwards) with the knot and new piece on the bottom of the spool. You would probably never see the knot again or have to worry about the knot going through the guides.

Hah.  That's sort of what I was getting at.

How much line you have left on the spool?  And how much are you looking to add?

-Allen

Hah!  Well you should of said what I said instead of asking a QUESTION?  Then you would not of had to say that's what you were sort of getting at? AND IT WAS MY FIRST POST how refreshing!

How much line you have left on the spool?  And how much are you looking to add?

-Allen

Hah!  Well you should of said what I said instead of asking a QUESTION?  Then you would not of had to say that's what you were sort of getting at? AND IT WAS MY FIRST POST how refreshing!

Yeah, I know.  But then what would you have posted for your first post?   

-Allen

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Yes, but it does not take a lot for some people.

How much line you have left on the spool?  And how much are you looking to add?

-Allen

Hah!  Well you should of said what I said instead of asking a QUESTION?  Then you would not of had to say that's what you were sort of getting at? AND IT WAS MY FIRST POST how refreshing!

Yeah, I know.  But then what would you have posted for your first post?   

-Allen

Well, whatever my first post would have been would be a lot more intelligent than what you have in the upper right corner of your header?