Knots

Question 1

Tippet to fly knot

Answer 1

8 knots

Clinch,
Improved Clinch knot,
16/20 knot - Small flies
Davy knot - best for 18 and smaller size flies, reduces waste, easy to tie.
George Daniel Knot
No slip loop for dry’s
Orvis
Uni

Question 2

Tippet to leader knot

Answer 2

Surgeons or Orvis Tippet knot

Question 3

Leader to fly line knot

Answer 3

Most fly lines have loops and leaders have loops, so use the loop to loop connection, if no loop-to-loop use an Albright (very different size lines), Nail Knot (different size lines) or Blood Knot (similar size lines) but blood not not best choice..

Question 4

Knot when building leaders

Answer 4

Blood knot or surgeons knot

Question 5

Backing to flyline knot or flyline to leader knot?

Answer 5

Albright knot, or;
Nail knot - The nail knot is slightly more complicated but can be used for a smoother finish.
Bimini knot
Uni knot

Question 6

When to use a nail knot

Answer 6

When connecting fly line to leader to get a smooth knot

Question 7

Knot used to put Dacron backing on reel, and then knot to pass fly line spool thru at end?

Answer 7

Uni-knot or Arbor knot, then finish with doubles surgeons knot
Can also use Bimini knot, especially good for heavier weighted lines

Question 8

The standard knots for connecting two pieces of monofilament are?

Answer 8

The blood knot and the surgeon’s knot.

Question 9

The 16/20 knot is also know as the?

Answer 9

Also called the Pitzen knot, the Eugene bend knot, or simply the fisherman’s knot.
Excellent for very small tippet diameters and reduces waste.

Question 10

When do you use a no-slip loop knot?

Answer 10

When you want fly or streamer to have a lot of action.

Question 11

When to use a Perfection Loop or Surgeons End Loop?

Answer 11

Tie a loop at the end of a fishing line.

Question 12

Name useful salt water knots?

Answer 12

Same as standard (Perfection Loop, Surgeons, Clinch etc…), but also:
Bimini Twist - The Bimini is considered to be a 100% knot – providing 100% line strength. It creates a double line with a loop at the end to which a leader can be attached with a loop-to-loop connection.
Non-slip loop knot
Spider Hitch - The Spider Hitch quickly forms a double line. It is not considered to be as durable as a Bimini Hitch but is much faster and easier to tie.

Question 13

Name the knots from reel to fly?

Answer 13

Backing to reel: Uni, Arbor
Backing to Fly Line: Albright, Nail knot
Fly Line to Leader: Albright, Loop-to-loop, Nail (smooth & compact), Surgeons, Orvis Tippet knot, uni
Leader to Tippet: Orvis tippet knot, surgeons, uni
Tippet to Fly:
16/20 - reduce waste and small tags
Clinch, Improved Clinch
Orvis Tippet
Davy - small diameter tippet
Uni

Question 14

What is a Blood Knot?

Answer 14

The Blood knot is a simple, easily learned and very effective way of joining two similar sized lines.

Ex. when joining sections of leader or tippet, and is one of the best knots for this purpose.

Question 15

What is a nail knot?

Answer 15

The Nail Knot is a time tested and popular knot to join fly line to leader.

Good for two different size lines.

It is smooth compact knot that readily passes through the guides

Question 16

What is an Arbor knot?

Answer 16

An arbor knot is commonly used to attach fishing line backing to fishing spools.

Consist of two simple overhand knots and can provide more security than a simple overhand knot would provide.

Question 17

What is an Albright knot?

Answer 17

The Albright Knot is one of the most reliable knots for joining lines of greatly unequal diameters or different materials such as monofilament to braided line.

Excellent to attach fly line to leader material,

Can even cut off a factory welded loop to use the Albright!

Go-to choice knot for tying dacron backing to fly line for most fly fishermen.

Question 18

How many common knots I use and names?

Answer 18

15 knots:

16/20 - Pitzen, Eugene or Fishermans knot, Excellent for very light tippet
Albright - To tie two different diameter lines together, passes through
guides easy
Arbor - used to attach fishing line backing to fishing spools.
Blood - easily learned and very effective way of joining two similar sized
lines.
Ex. when joining sections of leader or tippet, and is one of the best
knots for this purpose.
Clinch - attaching tippet to fly, swivel, ring or snap.
Improved Clinch knot
Davey - Excellent when tying with short piece of tippet, like a tag end, reduces waste and real good for small flies.
George Daniels dry fly knot.
Nail - Nail Knot is a time tested and popular knot to join fly line to leader.
Good for two different size lines.
No-slip loop - need movement in fly.
Orvis - tippet to fly, strong & fast.
Orvis Tippet - Quick easy tippet to fly, snap, ring, swivel.
Perfection Loop - loop-to-loop connections - flyline to leader
Surgeons - Leader to tippet, building or extending tapered leaders, &
tippet,
Uni-knot - Multi-purpose. Backing to spool, flyline to leader, tippet to
flies, swivels, snaps and rings.

Question 19

Benefits of the Davy knot?

Answer 19

The Davy knot is one of the most popular knots in competitive fly fishing, as it is:

• strong,
• fast to tie,
• uses less material.

The Davy knot is basically a figure 8 knot.

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Question 20

Difference between Blood, Nail and Albright knot?

Answer 20

Blood knot best for connecting SAME OR SIMILAR size lines;
Nail knot best for connecting two DIFFERENT size line;
Albright knot best for connecting GREATLY DIFFERENT size lines.

Question 21

How many knot connections on rod setup:

Answer 21

5

Backing to reel
Backing to flyline
Flyline to leader
Leader to tippet
Tippet to fly

Add extra for extending or tapering leaders or tippet, tags and droppers, swivels, snaps or rings.