Mike, I normally fish with 11' leaders. That length allows me to net a fish without bringing the line/leader connection through the tip top guide. Once that knot or loop is inside the guides, you have significantly increased the odds you will lose the fish! It just takes a momentary hangup of the knot in the guides to break light tippets.
I have found a product like Loon Knot-Sense (think it is called something else these days) helps when you are knotting mono to the fly line. The product is molded around the knot so that the connection is more smooth and streamlined. Wes Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would guess you have already done this. Does it really go through > the guides - slick as snot? - whatever he said. Try as I might the > knots when the leader connects to the fly line occasionally cause me > grief. > > Mike > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
