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Fly fisherman, whats the best and your favorite know for connecting leader to fly line and tippet to leader?
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Nail knot, or know I can easily create a welded small loop in the end of a flyline, and loop to loop...and the tippet connection. Nothing better than a tippet rings! Eliminates a lot of problems.
Nail knot for leader to fly line connections. I have seen modified nail knots where the leader is fished through the end of the fly line. When finished the leader runs straight out of the fly line.
Depending on the size of leader and tippet I am using, I use perfection loops, blood knots or surgeons knot to connect tippet to leader. I mostly use surgeons knot because it is fast and easy.
Nail knot for leader to fly line connections. I have seen modified nail knots where the leader is fished through the end of the fly line. When finished the leader runs straight out of the fly line.
Depending on the size of leader and tippet I am using, I use perfection loops, blood knots or surgeons knot to connect tippet to leader. I mostly use surgeons knot because it is fast and easy.
i use the blood knot and use the neat little tool that they sell for it. done in a few seconds!
So jamesti..You blood knot on your leader to the end of the flyline? That was 1/2 the question.
Flyline to leader I use a little plastic bead that try as I may I cannot remember the name of. The flyline goes in a hole in one end and is secured with an overhand knot, and the big end of the tapered leader goes into the hole in the other end of the bead and is likewise secured with an overhand knot. The overhand knots with excess line clipped off close are tucked completely inside the hollow bead. This set up feeds much more smoothly through rod guides and is more streamlined than any knot, and changing leaders is fast and easy. Wish I could remember the name of them. Leader to tippet is a simple double overhand knot.
Nail knot fly line to leader and blood knot leader to tippet.
I'll use the loop to loop connection from fly line to leader every time. I'll tie a nail knot to connect the tippet to the leader.
When I need to cut my fly line, I'll tie a perfection loop into the new section, or use an old piece of leader with the loop tied on by a nail knot. Its the way my father in law taught me and really the only way I know how.
No, not a nail knot connecting tippet to leader. You must mean a blood knot maybe. A nail knot wouldn't even hold.
I still use the loop to loop connections on my fly line and leader, and I have yet to have a problem with it. For tippet to leader I've always used a surgeons knot like buckhunter said its fast and easy.
fast and easy, BUT..the downside is you quickly use up your UP/leader taper because their is always a good length of tag ends to trim off after you tie the surgeons knot. Several tippet changes, and your taper is gone.
Barrel knot. Sorry Sayfu, I was mistaken on the name.
Flyfisherman Mag this month has a huge article on tippet strengths by mfger, and knot strengths. IN there testing, the blood knot, or barrel knot is very comparable to the surgeons knot, and the key here is how much tippet is left over on the UP leader side....much more on the surgeons then the barrel if you tie the barrel right, and now you can tie a lot more tippets to your leader without using up the taper up above, and having to add a section up above as soon. And my tippet rings eliminate all of that with a stronger knot beides.
Let me pass this along: regardless of the knot I use, I coat all my knots(with the exception of the tippet to fly knot) with Loon's UV knot sense. It greatly helps to keep junk(algae, etc.)from hanging up on your leader. It cures in seconds in sunlight, easy to do onstream. The only problem being overcast days...it can take awhile to set up.
And that is the problem with the loop knots tied to the fly to give a motion fly more motion like a streamer. The enhance the junk collecting effect. I don't use them. I thinking is the loop stays firm to the fly, and doesn't provide that much more motion. I doubt the fly swings around the loop providing motion. And with all of my concerns about knots, I do highly address how to tie the knots I use properly, and seldom ever lose a fish to a knot breaking. What I often address is where the knot breaks when I get hungup in the bank bushes. I do like to break off at the fly naturally, but often break off at the tippet to leader knot. Hopefully my tippet rings will eliminate some of that. And hopefully my casting will get better, and I will avoid the bushes more often!!
I like the option of changing leader types without tying new knots. I always loop-to-loop my fly line and furled leader. I use furled leaders (mono for general use, fluoro for nymphing) with a small metal ring on the tip section. I loop-to-loop or loop knot the tippet to the ring. I'll even use a clinch knot if the situation calls for it, AKA when I'm lazy.
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Nail knot, or know I can easily create a welded small loop in the end of a flyline, and loop to loop...and the tippet connection. Nothing better than a tippet rings! Eliminates a lot of problems.
Nail knot for leader to fly line connections. I have seen modified nail knots where the leader is fished through the end of the fly line. When finished the leader runs straight out of the fly line.
Depending on the size of leader and tippet I am using, I use perfection loops, blood knots or surgeons knot to connect tippet to leader. I mostly use surgeons knot because it is fast and easy.
Nail knot for leader to fly line connections. I have seen modified nail knots where the leader is fished through the end of the fly line. When finished the leader runs straight out of the fly line.
Depending on the size of leader and tippet I am using, I use perfection loops, blood knots or surgeons knot to connect tippet to leader. I mostly use surgeons knot because it is fast and easy.
i use the blood knot and use the neat little tool that they sell for it. done in a few seconds!
So jamesti..You blood knot on your leader to the end of the flyline? That was 1/2 the question.
Flyline to leader I use a little plastic bead that try as I may I cannot remember the name of. The flyline goes in a hole in one end and is secured with an overhand knot, and the big end of the tapered leader goes into the hole in the other end of the bead and is likewise secured with an overhand knot. The overhand knots with excess line clipped off close are tucked completely inside the hollow bead. This set up feeds much more smoothly through rod guides and is more streamlined than any knot, and changing leaders is fast and easy. Wish I could remember the name of them. Leader to tippet is a simple double overhand knot.
Nail knot fly line to leader and blood knot leader to tippet.
I'll use the loop to loop connection from fly line to leader every time. I'll tie a nail knot to connect the tippet to the leader.
When I need to cut my fly line, I'll tie a perfection loop into the new section, or use an old piece of leader with the loop tied on by a nail knot. Its the way my father in law taught me and really the only way I know how.
No, not a nail knot connecting tippet to leader. You must mean a blood knot maybe. A nail knot wouldn't even hold.
I still use the loop to loop connections on my fly line and leader, and I have yet to have a problem with it. For tippet to leader I've always used a surgeons knot like buckhunter said its fast and easy.
fast and easy, BUT..the downside is you quickly use up your UP/leader taper because their is always a good length of tag ends to trim off after you tie the surgeons knot. Several tippet changes, and your taper is gone.
Barrel knot. Sorry Sayfu, I was mistaken on the name.
Flyfisherman Mag this month has a huge article on tippet strengths by mfger, and knot strengths. IN there testing, the blood knot, or barrel knot is very comparable to the surgeons knot, and the key here is how much tippet is left over on the UP leader side....much more on the surgeons then the barrel if you tie the barrel right, and now you can tie a lot more tippets to your leader without using up the taper up above, and having to add a section up above as soon. And my tippet rings eliminate all of that with a stronger knot beides.
Let me pass this along: regardless of the knot I use, I coat all my knots(with the exception of the tippet to fly knot) with Loon's UV knot sense. It greatly helps to keep junk(algae, etc.)from hanging up on your leader. It cures in seconds in sunlight, easy to do onstream. The only problem being overcast days...it can take awhile to set up.
And that is the problem with the loop knots tied to the fly to give a motion fly more motion like a streamer. The enhance the junk collecting effect. I don't use them. I thinking is the loop stays firm to the fly, and doesn't provide that much more motion. I doubt the fly swings around the loop providing motion. And with all of my concerns about knots, I do highly address how to tie the knots I use properly, and seldom ever lose a fish to a knot breaking. What I often address is where the knot breaks when I get hungup in the bank bushes. I do like to break off at the fly naturally, but often break off at the tippet to leader knot. Hopefully my tippet rings will eliminate some of that. And hopefully my casting will get better, and I will avoid the bushes more often!!
I like the option of changing leader types without tying new knots. I always loop-to-loop my fly line and furled leader. I use furled leaders (mono for general use, fluoro for nymphing) with a small metal ring on the tip section. I loop-to-loop or loop knot the tippet to the ring. I'll even use a clinch knot if the situation calls for it, AKA when I'm lazy.
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