I had not heard of the Pitzen knot. I looked up at http://teosinte2.agron.missouri.edu/flyfishing/pitzen.html
I tied it a couple of times and got the hang of it. Then I tied it to a #12 hook on one end of a short piece of 2 lb. Maxima ultragreen and a regular improved clinch knot (which I've used my entire life) to another #12 hook on the other end. Then I pulled the two hooks gently apart until it broke. It broke at my Pitzen knot. I think maybe the care taken in tying and tightening a knot, and familiarity with using it, means more to knot strength than the type of knot used. One thing I like about the improved clinch is that I can tie it using up very little of my tippet, which doesn't shorten my leader much. (Of course, if I learned a stronger knot, maybe I wouldn't have to retie as often.) Justin Lamar Olathe, KS On 12 May, 2004, at 0:45, Richard Zieger wrote: > What is your favorite tippet material? Any fluorocarbon, or RIO powerflex nylon > � > What is your favorite knot to attatch flies with? Pitzen knot a 100% knot that can be tied eyes closed. henk ====================Heisenberg was right!========================= | Dr. Henk J.M. Verhaar | | | Principal | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Ecotoxicology specialist | home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | ENVIRON Netherlands B.V. | | | Zeisteroever 17 | phone: +31 30 698 6218 | | NL-3704 GB Zeist | fax: +31 30 698 6239 | | the Netherlands | | ====================Uncertainty happens!==========================
