Alberto knot (modified albright) failing on cast

[jmrueben1354]

(09-11-2014 03:55 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  This knot comes heavily recommended by a few experienced members of various fishing forums. It really is a gorgeous knot (very small profile), and I loved tying it.  

Well so far this year I've had that connection slip on me three times while casting, resulting in the flurocarbon leader and lure sailing into oblivion.  What I am left with is an empty braid knot that the flurocarbon just slipped out of.  

I did some googleing about it, and apparently this knot can be prone to fail when casting.  I'm not sure why.  

Anybody else have this experience happen to them?

I'm using uni to uni for now until I find an alternative.  That sucker doesn't slip!  Tried and true  

I literally just made an account to tell you this. If you cut the braid too short on the tag end, then it may end up slipping through the loop, especially on heavier fluoro, and in turn, failing on the cast! I tied and tied it... casted and checked... casted and checked, and recently found out that if you cut the braid tag too short, then it WILL fail. Tight lines. I'm going out for snook tonight in Bradenton Florida! Wish me luck! I've found some big females all wintering together in a marina. Huge snook. I just bought 50 LB Seaguar fluoro blue label. It's on :O