Pike and tarpon seasons are upon us, and one of the quickest, easiest, and strongest knots for attaching a heavy bite tippet to your leader is the Improved Home Rhode Loop Knot. A . . .
Read MoreHere’s a great demonstration of how to tie a nail knot when you don’t have a special tool or an actual nail. This comes in handy when you have to attach a leader to a fly line on the water. This isn’t a knot you’ll use every day, but when you need it, . . .
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The Perfection Loop is an essential fly-fishing knot. It’s usually used to add a loop to a leader, but the technique makes it another tool. . .
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Last month, we posted the excellent video from Tightline Productions about how to tie a perfection loop at the butt end of your leader. But did you know that you can also use the same knot to . . .
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Last summer, we showed you how to tie the Orvis Tippet Knot, via a video graphic. But Tom told me about this cool, simpler method for creating the knot–for attaching your tippet to the . . .
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Most of us learn first how to tie on a fly by using a clinch knot, and perhaps later we move on to something fancier or simpler. But if you want to use a knot that really allows a fly to have the. . .
Read MoreBack in June, we showed you how to tie the Orvis Tippet Knot, via a video graphic. But Tom just hipped me to this cool, simpler method for creating the knot–for attaching your tippet to the. . .
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Last October, we posted a video on tying the Davy Knot by my friend Zach Matthews. With all due respect to Zach, the folks at Tightline productions have got higher. . .
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Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions knows about more than fly tying. Although we love posting his step-by-step tying videos every Wednesday, we are equally excited about. . .
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