Double uni-knot. 6'-8' mono leader.
30 seconds or under to tie. If you can tie and cut clean you should have no problem with it running through your guides.

Spoons, spinners, senkos, chatterbaits, hell, any type of reaction bait. You're gonna want a mono leader to get that stretch which buries that hook a little deeper when a fish crushes your lure.

Herzog nailed it.