Used 4 ft Kevlar-3.3 plus 12 ft Amsteel with J-Bend on a trip this spring. Yes it was super light, but untying the J-Bend was more trouble than it was worth. Even caused me to take liberties with the J-Bend that should not have happened to make untying easier. A huge mistake.
My October trip consisted of just 12 feet of Kevlar-3.3 and it made everything easier to tie. Didn't matter if it was J-Bend, Becket, or Lapp Hitch; they all worked like a dream AND they all were easy to untie. The one caveat is that I am not a big person. Someone weighing over 200 pounds might see it differently.
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