favorite fly line to leader connection?

[okflyfisher]

What is your favorite leader to fly line connection?

[sagefisher]

Loop to loop. If the fly line does not have a loop then I tie on a very stout and short leader butt section and form a loop for the leader. If the leader has no loop then I tie a Perfection Loop on the butt end.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[narcodog]

I use a short, 6ins, of 12lb Maxum or amnesia with a nail knot then a perfection loop and then the leader is loop to loop. I use furled leaders 99.9% of the time.

[James Smith]

I'm with Sagefisher on this one all the way. If the line I buy doesn't have a loop, I make one by whip finishing a thread wrap and giving it a coat of Goop or some other water resistant adhesive. This makes changing leaders on the water a snap and most of the time the loop lasts the entire life of the flyline. On the rare occasion when a flyline cracks right behind the loop ( usually after 2-3 seasons of use), then I simply make another loop. This has worked great for me for the past 15+ years.

Jim Smith

[okflyfisher]

I have used whipped loops and of course factory loops for loop to loop connections for a long time. However on a recent trip for trout nymphing a deep slow run i needed a leader longer that my fly rod to effectively catch fish . About 1/3 of the time after landing a fish my fly line loop would get hung up in the tip top when trying to get my flies back in the water. i am also interested in trying French/ Spanish nymphing this coming year which use leaders much longer than the rod so i am really interested in the strongest line leader connection that goes in and out of the guides like it is not there.

[Chuck441]

The Dave Whitlock Zap-A-Gap splice:

https://books.google.com/books?id=gE...age&q=whitlock leader splice&f=false

Chuck

[johnstoeckel]

I'm with Sagefisher on this one all the way. If the line I buy doesn't have a loop, I make one by whip finishing a thread wrap and giving it a coat of Goop or some other water resistant adhesive. This makes changing leaders on the water a snap and most of the time the loop lasts the entire life of the flyline. On the rare occasion when a flyline cracks right behind the loop ( usually after 2-3 seasons of use), then I simply make another loop. This has worked great for me for the past 15+ years.

Jim Smith

I'm with Jim on this. I whip my own loops in the end of the fly line. If I do this carefully -- keep the loop small, cut fly line end at a sharp angle, wrap neatly with small mono thread, and coat with Plibond -- they seem to slid through the tip top just fine. Tie a perfection loop in the leader butt and use loop to loop to easily change leaders while on stream.

[pillcaster]

I use a short, 6ins, of 12lb Maxum or amnesia with a nail knot then a perfection loop and then the leader is loop to loop. I use furled leaders 99.9% of the time.

If the line does not have a factory loop, I do this, except i use mono, and put a light drop of zap a gap on the knots at the perfection loop and the nail knot on the fly line. I haven't had much luck whipping a loop on the fly line.

[tedshuck]

If the line does not have a factory loop, I do this, except i use mono, and put a light drop of zap a gap on the knots at the perfection loop and the nail knot on the fly line. I haven't had much luck whipping a loop on the fly line.

If you use the method shown by Lefty Kreh (it's always amazing to me how much this guy knows!) in this link, it makes the process much easier. He uses a fly tying bobbin and spins it around the line.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Yx...20loop&f=false

I use this on most of my lighter weight lines, 6 and below.

If you scroll down to the next topic past the whipped loop, you will see Lefty's method for securing a braided loop and it is very similar to the one shown by Dan Blanton.

Ted

[pillcaster]

If you use the method shown by Lefty Kreh (it's always amazing to me how much this guy knows!) in this link, it makes the process much easier. He uses a fly tying bobbin and spins it around the line.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Yx...d loop&f=false

I use this on most of my lighter weight lines, 6 and below.

If you scroll down to the next topic past the whipped loop, you will see Lefty's method for securing a braided loop and it is very similar to the one shown by Dan Blanton.

Ted

Thanks for that!