Step salsa down in size.

[Brion Toss]

Hi again,
If the tackle cannot be proportioned such that the transition avoids hitting the block regularly, you might try removing half the strands, burying them, and whipping down the rest with fine Spectra twine. If you remove alternating left-and right-laid strands, it will leave you with a coherent 6-strand braid, and you might be able to insert that. Alternatively, you could try whipping the end of that reduced braid to the surface of the core strand -- its diameter will be less, and should enter the block about as smoothly as a buried tail, and provide a ramp for a fairer entry for the full-diameter section behind it. I rather favor this version, and hope you will try it. Even a full-diameter stop has shown great success going into rather small blocks, without chafing or binding.
Fair leads,
Brion