The surgeon’s knot is a popular knot for connecting two lines of equal or different diameters.

Its popularity is due to how easy and quick this knot is to tie along with the impressive strength of the surgeon’s knot.

However, there are multiple ways to tie this popular knot that need to be considered… most important of all is matching the amount of turns in the knot to the type of line you’re using.

For example, a 3 turn surgeon is sufficient for a mono to mono connection, but it’ll unravel if used to connect a braid to a mono leader.

So for connecting a braided line to a mono or fluoro leader with a Surgeon’s knot, it is essential to make more turns.

We did some testing, and 6 is now our recommended minimum when using a braided line.

Click on the link below to see how the Surgeon’s knot did against some of the most popular other options in a recent knot contest we held:

http://www.saltstrong.com/articles/strongest-line-to-line-knot/