>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

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