What are your favourite knots? I use grinner for tying flies on the end of my leader and water knot for tying two pieces of line together. Has anyone got a knot they rate as stronger or better?

same for the dropper but for the flies i use an improved clinch knot


burhan

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try this for the flies..............

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Grinner or Tucked half blood and 2-3 turn waterknot.serve me very well.

Jim

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Blood knot for home-brew tapered leaders - perfection loop for leaders - Uni-knot, turle, or Davy (timber hitch) for flies - doubled slip for tying to the bend of a hook - nail as a whipping for attaching braided loops.

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Uni knot for leader to braided loop and leader to flees, two-turn water knot for droppers.

The Pirate.

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Really glad that someone else recognised the Davy knot as the Timber hitch.

Jim

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Davy knot (Timber Hitch) is good when the dia of the leader is balanced to the dia of the hookshank, but if I use a fine dia line with a big hook it slips. i.e. a size 8 B110 with 0.14 stroft ABR for bugging. (with a fine dia line, not as much weight is required to hit bottom).

I discovered that if the last turn of the knot is taken thro a second time, it don't slipo.

I think Paul Proctor has since published similar findings

John H

Grinner and 2 turn water knot for the droppers never had any issues

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Jim

I can honestly say the grinner has never let me down in 30 years of fishing with nylon, fluoro or braid