Tom If you can make the Sowbug, you can meet Davy and he can show you the knot.
The main thing is to push the knot down the tippet till you feel the click. If you don't feel the click it will unravel. Davy lives a few miles up river from me. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Davenport wrote: > On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 05:35 AM, Desert Eagle wrote: > > > I think the name of the > > knot is Davy's knot but I am not sure. > > 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". > > 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
