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Flouro Tippet Knot
What knot do you use to tie flouro tippet to leader? I keep breaking off at the knot.
Mike
Mike
My new goal in life is to become an Alter Kaker...
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Fluoro is denser and harder than mono. Mono absorbs water and swells, fluoro does not. So the fluoro cuts through the mono when they are tied together.
Use a triple surgeons knot (three turns). I've had two turn surgeons knot fail multiple times. Besure to lubricate the the knot before chinching. You can also use Loon Outdoors Knot Sense to seal the knot and keep the water out of the mono.
The orvis tippet knot is a 100% knot. Or so they say. But its very strong.
http://www.orvis.com/orvis_assets/files/index.html
Since fluoro does not decompose as mono does, I have never had a problem with outdated fluoro leaders or tippet. Every once in a while Sierra Trading will have leaders or tippet at very good prices. Even better, if you are near an Orvis outlet store you often can find two-packs of Mirage leaders and spools of tippet in the 99 cent jar.
Thanks for the help.
Mike
I use a triple surgeons but it definitely seems to be the "weak link" - it will break before the clinch knot in 5x or 6x tippet.
bd
http://www.survivalworld.com/knots/ligature_knot.html
s
Holy Moley! That knot looks more complicated than the causes of World War I!!!
As a general rule of thumb, any knot that I need an engineering degree from MIT to remember is too complicated for me to want to tie streamside.
bd
s
Mike
An astute observation, sir. Quite astute indeed.
I've been looking around, and the knot that most places call the "orvis knot" is for tippet to fly. So I'm unclear on which one people are recommending.
Is it this one?
http://mudbugco.com/joom/images/stories/knotpictures/lefthemoknot.pdf
It's less complicated than the ligature knot, for sure, but still looks a little more involved than I'd like.
I do like the simplicity of the surgeon's knot.
bd
edit: and no, that's not it.
Mike
Actually it is the orvis tippet knot.... when you use two twists. It is just the reverse of what you normally think when tying it as on the orvis website. Try tying both and hold them side by side before you make the final pulls on them and you will see that they are the same.