I just read Tandem Flies. Charlie Meck suggests attaching dropper flies by using a loop-to-loop connection. (The fly is looped directly on to, and close to, the leader.) However, when I tried to take the flies off, the loops seem to lock. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening? I’m even thinking of adding petroleum jelly on the loops.
I also had this problem several years ago when I put loops on flies to pre-rig them, and then attach them to a loop at the very end of the leader.
I just pick the loops apart with the point of a hook.
If you start talking about contaminating the waterways with petroleum distillates, you will have the holier-than-thous screeching their rhetoric from behind every tree and from under every rock.
How you lace up the loop to loop knot makes a difference. You first slip the first loop into the second loop, then thread the tag end thru the first loop and pull tight. That way the complete knot looks like a square knot in profile, square knots are fairly easy to untie if you push on them just right. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-849ODG6eDRo/T_CRRF-30mI/AAAAAAAABeg/vowzqcesl9g/s320/handshake4.gif
Thanks, though I’m still a bit confused. By tag end I assume you mean the shorter piece of mono or flouro. By first loop you mean the loop on the leader?
