if your heading for the west country for a bit of r&r this summer take a trip to trago mills,i hate the place but its ok for fishing tackle, i just picked up a sundridge 12' vitesse bass rod carbon fibre for 12.99, i don't think they know what price to put on them cos there £70 rods, just got to spot a bargain they also do various mono lines really cheap cos the machine that lays them on the spool isn't perfect so they can't sell them at rrp prices, a rip off anyway if you ask me,if i'm predator fishing i always use a braid knot/double the line or a palomar knot,if i tie a swivel to a mainline i always pass the line though the eye twice then wrap it seven times before i pass it back through both loops then insert the end halfway up the twists,then spit on it it to lube it up so itdoesn't heat up the mono making it weaker, i've never had a line break on me at that point cos it traps the line twice, sorry if this doesn't help you but might help others
