On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 05:35 AM, Desert Eagle wrote:
Yes, it is. I finally found the article, in the April 2000 issue of Utah Outdoors. The article was by Geoff Samples, son of Bear Samples, a noted fly casting instructor in our area. Davy Wotton taught Geoff the knot when he was a participant of the 2000 "Team USA for the World Youth Fly-fishing Championships". He says "I have used this knot in competition without a single failure, and in 12 months I've only had one knot break in hundreds of hours of use".I think the name of the knot is Davy's knot but I am not sure.
My experience with the knot has not been as good, I have lost some fish because of the knot coming unraveled. Perhaps the extra loops I use actually weaken the knot. I hold the tag end against the fly and pull it tight. Geoff uses his teeth, which would change the position of the leader slightly when it is tightened. Significant? I don't know.
I tried to attach a small .jpg showing how the knot is tied, but it kept bouncing back. If you would like to see it send me an e-mail off list.
Tom Davenport
