This past week I was in the Sierra's with my family. On Saturday I went ff and noticed my line was a little worn. Later that day I drove to a nearby town and found a small shop that had fishing supplies. The owner was very busy putting away inventory and asked that I leave my spool and he would wind on the new line and knock off 25% if I could leave it with him for a few hours. When I returned later that night, he was gone and the gal that was there handed me a bag with my spool newly wound with line. When I got back to the cabin I noticed that he had tied a 2 foot section of mono at the tip of the flyline where I would normally tie on a tappered leader. When I tried tying my tappered leader to it using a nail knot, it would just slip off.

My question is does any one use this type of setup and if so what knot works best for tying on a tapered leader?

[This message has been edited by TyroneFly (edited 23 May 2005).]