Originally Posted by
Joe Valencic
I, too, use the nail knot tool, and tie on 20# mono right to the end of the fly line, and a perfection loop within 2" of the nail knot. I tie perfection loops on my leaders so I can easily change them with a "handshake."
Those chinese fingers are junk in my book, and are designed for people who don't want to learn to tie fishing knots. I used to be one of those people until I had two failures a year apart where I lost leader, tippet and two-fly rigs to hooked steelhead. A friend taught me the nail knot and perfection loop setup, and I threw the other slip connectors in the trash. Five years with no problems and no extra pieces-parts dangling from my fly line or slapping on my rod.
Joe