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NAIL KNOT
Use the Nail Knot to tie your backing and/or leader to your fly
line. To tie this knot you can use either a nail, needle or tube. When
using a nail or needle the nail or needle creates a space through
which you can pass the line. In the case of the tube you will pass
the line through the tube.
Take your fly line and lay your nail, tube or needle, with the eye
of the needle or one end of the nail/tube alongside the line and
level with the end of the line and the end of the backing or
leader.
Starting about 15mm from the end of the fly line, make six turns
of the backing or leader over itself, the nail, needle or tube and
fly line, each turn working towards the end of the fly line.
Holding these turns, push the end of the backing or leader either
through the eye of the needle or into the tube. Now pull the
needle or tube (and backing or leader) through the turns, making
sure that they don't unwind or slip.
Slide all the turns nearer the end of the fly line and, by pulling
the standing end of the backing, tighten the knot firmly onto the
fly line. Trim the tag ends. |
