I think Floroucarbon is great stuff however I don't bother with leaders when fishing swimbaits. I fish it on straight mono Ande or Izorine Premium. I use the San Diego knot and if I'm not mistaken the breaking strength on the SD knot is rated at like 90-95% of the line strength. I believe it is the one of the strongest if not the strongest knot although lately I have been tying a double looped version of the SD knot. When I'm done tying the double looped SD it cut the ecess line in three places. I could explain it but it would probably just lead to confusion. The SD knot is good enough I have been fishing swimbaits (mostly saltwater) since the later part of the 80's when they first became popular and using them on straight mono has never let me down. Make sure to wet the line before pulling the knot tight to prevent any possible weakening.

I'm just currious personally I've had problems with pulling the hooks on fish using braided lines have any of you guys fishing the braidlines experienced that problem? I supose scaling down to a softer more forgiving rod for fishing swimbaits on braids might help prevent that or I supose it could load up the lure a little harder when that fish decides to jump and throw it back at us. Wow with braid line and a heavy enough lure that could lead to decapitation ok probably NOT but a serous hooking is very possible.

JerryG