MJ, have you tried to tie a uni Knot.
http://www.proknot.com/html/fishing_...a_bid=902f65a5
(the rapala knot is a good one for artificials)
It took me a while to get the hang of it, I used a clothes pin to hold one side of a uni to uni till I could get it tight. I ;like using it for flouro to braid, then tie an improved clinch knot for the terminal end of the flouro leader. I've gotten now that I can tie a uni as fast as any of teh other knots I use. I've been trying to use the Worlds fair knot, but have had trouble with the hook eye being large enough for double line
http://shoreangling4u.tripod.com/knotguide/id23.html