Here's some more directions for tying it, this went along with the illustration:

1) If you are right-handed, place the fly line with it's tip facing to your left, directly over and parallel to the butt of the leader. Allow a full 6 inches of fly line tip and leader butt to overlap to make sure you have enough material to finish the knot.

2) While clasping the fly line and leader butt between the thumb and forefinger, make an overhand loop (fig b). Clasp the loop between thumb and forefinger of the left hand, being certain they are at the precise spot where the materials forming the loop intersect.

3) Clasp the leader butt tab at your right between the thumb and forefinger of your right hand and pass it through the loop from back to front as few as four or as many as 8 times (fig c).

4) After winding the leader butt tab around the loop, continue to clasp as before, between your riht thumb and forefinger, reach down with the middle finger, ring finger, or pinky of your right hand and catch hold of the standing length of fly line, which should be found directly beneath the leader butt tab. At the same time, while continuing to grip the loop with the tumb and forefinger of your left hand, squeeze the middle finger, ring finger, and pinky of your left hand around the fly line tip and standing length of the leader butt, both of which will be conveniently nearby if you're tying the knot correctly.

5) Release your grip on the loop and pull simultaneaously on the leader butt tab and the standing length of the fly line to the riht, and the fly line tip tab and the standing lenth of the leader butt to the left (fig c). This will straighten the line and leader, removing the loop, and will tighten the knot sufficiently for you do do the fine work that comes next.

6) Wet the knot. Alternately tug gently, first on the standing length of leader butt with your left hand, while firmly clasping both the standing length of the fly line and leader butt tab in your right hand, then the leader butt tab with your right hand while holding the fly line tip tab and the standing length of leader butt with your left hand. Repeat this step as many times as necessary. (sometimes the monofilament coiled around the fly line will require a bit of additional persuasion which can be accomplished by adjusting them with eather one or both of your thumbnails).

7) When the knot seems secure, one last powerful tug should be exerted on the standing length of the leader butt to the left and the standing length of fly line to the right, this tug will ensure that the knot digs into the fly line coating sufficiently to prevent slippage.

Finally, the leader butt tab and fly line tip tab should be clipped flush to the knot.

I don't know who invented the knot, but I give credit to Art Lee for publishing it.

It's not easy to describe, but after doing it a few times it seems easy to do...lots of words for a simple knot...


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