With a name you can find mosst anything on the net, is this the knot ? http://www.flyfield.com/knot.htm Jimi
Tom, I use that knot since reading the article. I would just add to leave the cut tag end a tiny bit longer that you normally would. If you use flourocarbon, make that another tiny bit. The knot has a tendency to slip a little. It has the benefit of being quick to tie, almost with one hand, very little waste of tippet and salvation on cold days (although that is kind of a moot point now that I am here in Hawaii). I think the name of the knot is Davy's knot but I am not sure. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Knots and Droppers ? Quick knot > I still have the magazine somewhere. If I find it I will scan their > illustration and post it. > > > On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 01:37 PM, Desert Eagle wrote: > > > I am trying to imagine it, wish I could see the picture. > > Jimi > > > > > > A couple of years ago I read an article in a local outdoors magazine, > > Utah Outdoors, describing a quick knot used for tying a fly on a hook. > > It takes both hands, and sounds a lot like what you saw on the movie. > > It is now the knot I use all of the time. I have caught some large > > fish without any problems. It is not only fast, but uses very little > > tippet. I will try to describe how it is tied: > > > > Hold the fly in the left hand and bring the tag end of the tippet down > > after it is threaded into the eye. Form a loop by bringing it up and > > wrapping it up over the tippet on the side facing you , around and back > > through the loop toward you. Then bring it down over the bottom of the > > loop pull through it coming out towards you. Bring the tag end > > against the body of the fly with your thumb and pull tight. > > > > I usually double up the wraps on the top of the loop before finishing > > it with the bottom wrap, but the original text uses only one top wrap, > > just as described. > > > > On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 05:45 AM, Desert Eagle wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > >> Second, on tying on a dropper. How do most folks do it ? 1 Leave a > >> long > >> tag line on the upper fly and tie the dropper off to the end of it ? > >> Tie > >> some sort of knot to the bend of the hook and then the dropper ? Tie > >> the > >> dropper on first then make a loop knot of some sort to tie on the > >> upper fly > >> ?What kind of knots ? > >> > >> So many questions, so little sleep and time... > >> Jimi > >> > > > > >
