At 02:55 PM 08/02/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I've been using a loop on my beach poppers for quite a while. I believe it allows a >freer swing. I also use it on all my steelhead wets. I tie an improved clinch on the >steelhead dries I riffle-hitch, for obvious reasons. I also use the improved clinch >on the smallest of trout flies and I used to use them on chironomids when I fished >them. The only problem I found with the loop knot was the amount of tippet it takes >to tie, particularly on cold winter days. > >Leland.
Hi Leland I use an improved clinch knot on all of my trout flies. But when I fish with Mark Bachman from the Fly Fishing Shop in Welshes he always insists that I use a loop knot on steelhead flies. Since he is the guide, I do what he says and he always puts me on fish. But I have to admit when I back fishing by myself, I revert back to the improved clinch knot. I probably should be fishing the loop. Jim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
