Leader to tippet knot

[Al Beatty]

Hi Leo,

I use the figure 8 knot with good success. Take care & ...

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[MarkF]

I am a newbie, but that means I have lost a lot of tippet and have to re tie a lot. I have been using a double uni knot and it seems to work well!

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Thanks and Gig'em
Mark Fairchild

[Leo C]

I guess I didn't think this out too good. I didn't even realize my fly to tippit must be a good one. There I use a rapala knot. I use a palomar knot on larger flies.

I probably need to examine the break closer to see if it's possibly the leader failing and not the tippit.

I'll have to give that figure eight knot a try. Never used it.

Leo C.

[Shoe]

Someone mentioned the Pitzen. I use this knot a lot for tippet to fly. I use a double Pitzen (well actually, a double 16-20) to tie mono leader to flouro tippet. It is tied similarly as a blood knot is to the clinch. Someone gave me the hint - since I am so proficient with this 16-20 knot it was easy to do the splice this way. I did learn the knot held much better when I pull the tag ends very tight before seating the knot.