>Second question for the morning, > For those that have the movie, or remember it well, in the very >beginning and at the very end of "A River Runs Through It", you see 2 hands >tying on a dry fly. I have rewound this so many times trying to figure out >the knot. It looks almost like he threads the leader through the eye, ties >an overhand knot then passes the fly through a loop in the knot and pulls it >tight. I have looked at my encyclopedia, on the web and still cannot find >this knot. Is it a real knot ? If so, what is it called and how do you tie >it? My "Improved Clinch Knots" seam to limit the action of the fly and am >looking for various options.
Sounds like theTurle Knot but a better simlar knot might be the Duncan Loop Lots of examples on the net - use "Yahoo.com" to find them. Here are a couple, not necessarily the best: Turle Knot: <http://www.steelheader.net/knots/turle_knot.htm> Duncan Loop: <http://www.killroys.com/knots/duncan.htm> Allan Fish Greenwood, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
