That's the knot I saw Jason's dad tie years ago, and have never looked back...no need for a whip finisher. You can pull the thread forward of the hook after forming the loop, and stay clear of any hackles. A neat thing you can do, is to wet the length of thread with head, cement above your finger after forming the loop, and pull the lacquer into the knot avoiding lacquer in the eye of the hook. Before the knot tightens up, (the loop fully closes) you need to get your finger out of the loop to avoid lacquer on your finger..kinda like kissin a ducks butt without getting feathers up your nose....blow-kiss, but you gotta be quick.

Count.. You bring up another good point with that knot..you can use it in the middle of your tying process. It is often a good idea to do it as well. Use a drop of a flex cement, and your tight to that point. Every once in awhile I can finish off with that knot, and have a trimmed bit of hackle, or hair in the eye of the hook, and by pulling backward on that finishing knot pull the trimmed end back and away from the eye. The tiniest fly I tie, or the heaviest hackled right to the eye, I can cleanly apply that finishing knot, and am done. And I have a new mayfly pattern I am excited to see in the water that I have been tying lately!

I usually use a couple of half hitches but this is faster and more secure. I also like the idea of adding head cement. Great tip.thanks

This is so awesome. I will be writing articles again about fly fishing and will post it here soon http://www.sammaka.com/ and I do hope you will get to visit it because some of those posts were all inspired from your site. Thanks so much! :)