Good summary comment, Dave! The knot potpourri really gets more intricate and involved with saltwater stuff; with trout, it can be very, very simple.
Richard Embry ----- Original Message ----- From: "David McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:25 AM Subject: knots > Fly to tippet- can use duncan loop, clinch, improved > clinch, trilene or palomar, and several others too. > depending on tippet size, wraps need to be varied on > the clinch knots. > > Tippet to tippet- double surgeons, triple surgeons, > blood and others too. pretty simple. > > New Poly Leaders, the loop to loop for tippet to the > leader works great. > > Loops- perfection(preferred), surgeons, non-slip, > homer rhode, duncan for sliding loop. fly lines to > backing, butt section to leader, tippet to leader in > certain circumstances. > > Albright commonly for backing to fly line, except in > larger saltwater situations. rarely a nail knot. > > Bimini and Huffnagle for special uses, next to never > for anything smaller than large steelhead for me and > rarely then. > > Point being, you can make it as simple or as difficult > as you want. > > > > > > > > ===== > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.EmeraldWaterAnglers.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com >
