Just some info on knots that loose fish. If the end of the tippet has a curly end, the knot slipped, if it is clean, the tippet broke most times at the knot. The knot did not unravel. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Like many of you, I've tried several knots I've heard about. > Turle...good, but not simple. Improved Clinch.... good and > simple, but I feel like I'm tying on a Panther Martin. One from > Art Lee's book (Fishing Dry Flies For Trout On Rivers And Streams) > I think he called it The Scottish knot. An excellent knot, but > I have trouble getting the tippet thru the eye once. Twice is too much. > Pitzen knot.....excellent knot , not as simple as some, but not hard. > Davy's knot....., good, and simple.and like the Pitzen, a small knot. > These days I usually use Davy's knot because it's easy and fast > to tie. Reliable? I lose fish and flies at about the same rate as > always. Is it the knot? Probably not.
