Using small-diameter braided line with spinning tackle is becoming more popular. I like to fill a spool with 10-pound-test Spider Wire Ultracast Invisi-Braid and then use a short length of 10- or 12-pound-test Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon for a leader. To me the very best connector knot you can use to tie monofilament or fluorocarbon to braided line is the blood knot. It makes a small knot, but even so, don’t make the leader so long that you have to wind the blood knot through the top guide. — Chevy pro Larry Nixon