09-30-2011, 11:15 PM
[quote Bowcutt]I have gone almost completely to a needle knot (variation of the nail knot) and had very good success. The connection goes through the lines guides really smoothly. I lost a 20-25 lb chinook once because I put too many turns on a nail knot and it slipped off after 20 minutes of fighting the fish. Use 5 turns on the nail knot, I had seven.[/quote]
The Ultimate for sure, but some lines have an inner core which makes shoving a needle in impossible. That's when I started doing the line loop.
Floating line is great for a Needle Knot connection. I still have several lines that I used the
http://www.tiemco.co.jp/english/products...shing.html
Click on Shimazaki Leader Splicer and a little screen comes up that shows this. No knots what so ever. Don't get any cleaner than this. Trick is to put a ring on the tippet end of a leader after you have attached it to you fly line. Then just keep adding tippet when needed, because that leader will be there for awhile.
And although it is just glued, it holds. I snagged a tree underwater...the leader broke, not the connection.
Also, if you ruin the leader, just cut it off about 8" to 12" long from fly line and tie a Perfection Loop. Now have a butt section.
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The Ultimate for sure, but some lines have an inner core which makes shoving a needle in impossible. That's when I started doing the line loop.
Floating line is great for a Needle Knot connection. I still have several lines that I used the
http://www.tiemco.co.jp/english/products...shing.html
Click on Shimazaki Leader Splicer and a little screen comes up that shows this. No knots what so ever. Don't get any cleaner than this. Trick is to put a ring on the tippet end of a leader after you have attached it to you fly line. Then just keep adding tippet when needed, because that leader will be there for awhile.
And although it is just glued, it holds. I snagged a tree underwater...the leader broke, not the connection.
Also, if you ruin the leader, just cut it off about 8" to 12" long from fly line and tie a Perfection Loop. Now have a butt section.
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