Just behind poor fishing technique and inept netting technique the most prolific reason for fish being lost is a problem with a knot. There are more knots than you can poke a stick at that can be used in fly fishing and over time you will settle on a few that you tie well and have confidence in. Over the years I have tried a lot of different knots and currently I have settled on the following 7 knots. I say currently because all aspects of my fly fishing are constantly evolving and if a find a better knot for any of the applications described below I will have no hesitation in swapping over to that knot.o settle for a hen hackle, a partridge hackle etc.
[start-member]
[list Link=”p=3480″ Title=”Lefty’s loop knot”] [list Link=”p=3510″ Title=”Surgeons knot”] [list Link=”p=3519″ Title=”Uni knot”] [list Link=”p=3524″ Title=”Nail loop knot”] [list Link=”p=3533″ Title=”open loop connection to the fly line”] [list Link=”p=3540″ Title=”Open loop closed with a blood knot connection to the fly line”] [list Link=”p=24218″ Title=”Chatto’s 2 turn loop knot”] [list Link=”p=24653″ Title=”Loop to loop connection”]
[end-member]