fly fishing knots (leader to tippet)?

Apr 20, 2009 by cousin sven | Posted in Fishing

I use a blood knot to tie my tippet to the leader, but it snaps apart or doesn't hold together. How can I prevent the lines from breaking apart or snapping?


I don't much like the blood knot -- I used it for a long time, too, but I think it just has too many turns in it, especially for delicate tippet. It's also really hard to tie and it's somewhat easy to tie wrong. Sometimes I would avoid changing out my

Chadd | Apr 20, 2009

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